Graphics

The Graphics page of the Printing Preferences window allows you to compress, downsample or convert text and images to reduce the size of the resulting PDF file.

The window can be opened by choosing the Printing Preferences menu item when novaPDF is selected in the Printers and Faxes window and clicking the Graphics tab. This tab is also accessible from the printing Windows application in the Print dialog if you press the Properties (Preferences) button when novaPDF is selected.

Predefined

The Predefined drop-down list allows you to quickly select a set of settings from the options list-view: Compress, Downsample, Convert, None or Custom.

Options list

The list contains information for all available graphics options. The Options column shows the name of the graphic option while the Description column displays information about the option's properties.

Configure

The selected option can be customized by clicking this button. See the Compression, Downsampling and Conversion sections for details about each particular feature.

Enable optimization of image sequences

When this option is enabled, small image sequences are combined in one big image. The process time will be slightly increased but the resulting PDF file will be smaller. You should enable this option if you have many sequences of small monochrome images and your resulting PDF file is very large. By default, this option is not enabled.

Correct line widths

Depending on the application you print from, line widths can be sent in different ways. If lines are printed with a wrong width from a certain application, check this option to correct them.

The changes you make on this page are saved in the active profile. For more details on how to manage profiles consult the Profiles section.