User Guide

Chapter 12420
Do the following to minimize the printing time for imported graphics:
• Bitmap images. Scale, crop, or rotate EPS, TIFF, and other bitmap images in an
image editing application before you place them.
• Vector graphics. Select imported PICT or CGM graphics and choose
Modify > Alter Path > Simplify, or choose Xtras > Cleanup.
• On the Macintosh, print images in the binary data format to create a
smaller file than ASCII encoding and speed print time. (Choose Binary
from the Images pop-up menu in the Output Options dialog box.) For
more information, see “About choosing an output device” on page 387.
Note: Windows networks do not support binary image data.
To print text faster, follow these guidelines:
• Use text on a path sparingly.
• Limit the number of typefaces used in the document.
• Use the Zoom effect sparingly—it prints slower than the other effects.
• Deselect the Unlimited Downloadable Fonts in the File > Page Setup dialog
box to prevent FreeHand from sending a font to the printer each time it is
encountered in a document.
To reduce memory overhead and speed printing, FreeHand downloads to a
PostScript printer only the fonts necessary to print the specified pages and does
not download fonts appearing only on the pasteboard.
For more information on troubleshooting printing problems, see
“Troubleshooting printing” on page 455.