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<tt>Previously I complained that using the suggested method</tt>
<br><tt>(AddToShipoutPicture) for printing a "Draft" notice on</tt>
<br><tt>pages significantly increased the print time.</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>Following are the results of some simple experiments</tt>
<br><tt>that quantify this effect.</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>The LaTeX file I used is the following (with one variation):</tt>
<br><tt>Note that I am using the times package.</tt>
<br><tt>The generated files pdf files have only type 1 fonts.</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>\documentclass{article}</tt>
<br><tt>\usepackage{times}</tt>
<br><tt>\usepackage{eso-pic}</tt>
<br><tt>\usepackage[pdftex]{graphicx,color}</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>\makeatletter</tt>
<br><tt> \AddToShipoutPicture{%</tt>
<br><tt> \setlength{\@tempdimb}{0.5\paperwidth}%</tt>
<br><tt> \setlength{\@tempdimc}{0.5\paperheight}%</tt>
<br><tt> \setlength{\unitlength}{1pt}%</tt>
<br><tt> \put(\strip@pt\@tempdimb,\strip@pt\@tempdimc){%</tt>
<br><tt> {\makebox(0,0){\rotatebox{45}{\textcolor[gray]{0.75}</tt>
<br><tt> {\fontsize{5cm}{5cm}\selectfont{Draft}}}}}</tt>
<br><tt> }</tt>
<br><tt>}</tt>
<br><tt>\makeatother</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>\begin{document}</tt>
<br><tt>Text</tt>
<br><tt>\end{document}</tt>
<br><tt></tt> <tt></tt>
<p><tt>I'm using the eTeX distribution of TeX, running on a windows machine.</tt>
<br><tt>My version of pdftex is:</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159-14f-released-20000525
(Web2c 7.3.2x)</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>The generated pdf file was tiny, either 2825 or 2826 bytes (not
Kbytes).</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>I then opened the pdf file in either Acro-reader 4.0</tt>
<br><tt>or the full version of Acrobat 5.0.0 and printed it to a file,</tt>
<br><tt>using either a Konica IP-011 or HP LaserJet 5000 for the</tt>
<br><tt>printer (driver).</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>I repeated the tests with the fontsize for "Draft"</tt>
<br><tt>increased from 5cm to 10cm.</tt>
<br><tt>Here are the resulting print file sizes:</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>Printer
fontsize=5cm fontsize=10cm</tt>
<br><tt>-------------------------------------------------</tt>
<br><tt>Konica IP-011</tt>
<br><tt> Reader 4.0
158K 350K</tt>
<br><tt> Acrobat 5.0.0
33K 120K</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>HP LaserJet 5000</tt>
<br><tt> Reader 4.0
377K 545K</tt>
<br><tt> Acrobat 5.0.0
3.6K 4.1K</tt>
<br><tt></tt> <tt></tt>
<p><tt>Any comments are appreciated.</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>Joe Riel</tt></html>