Print a pdf directly to a printer to avoid repeated ripping of the same image

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Hi,

I have created a 3.000 pages document from inDesign heaving its page the same color image as background and variable data. The document exported as pdf. Because of this method the file has very little size (about 3MB). The resulted pdf does not using a copy in every page but share it (very cool).

The problem that I have is that when I print this pdf using the windows postscript drivers of my industrial printer (Xerox) then it takes very long time to ripp. I think that even if the pdf has only once the image the windows drivers does not understand this and send the image with every page.

I discussed this with someone and told me to print the pdf directly to the printer without the interference of printer's driver. As an example he mentioned that when we have a postscript file we do the same to print it (otherwise the postscript code will be printed) using a command line like lpr and put as an argument the IP of the printer (or using some tools for this like the free PrintFile but this is only for postscript files).

Could someone explain to me what he meant? And how is the syntax of the lpr?

Thanks in advance

[SteveL]

What sort of rip do you have connected to your printer?
If it has hot folders, just drop the PDF into a hot folder and enable optimised PDF.
If it has FreeForm or background forms, use them because they may be quicker to process the file.

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creo cx 700 1.5
But I did not handle myself and I have no oversight. I just give the pdf.
Thanks

[PlanetDave]

Can they recreate a VPS file for you?

[JoshB]

C:\>lpr -S 192.168.0.1 -P XeroxQueueName -J JobName -o l f:\fileName.pdf

This is assuming you're on a Windows machine. Whether it will actually be faster will depend on your rip, but it's certainly worth a try.

EDIT: You may have to install LPR first under "Control Panel" -> "Programs and Features"->"Turn Windows Features On/Off"->"Print Document Services"