How to Speedup Printing PDFs?

You could always try another PDF viewer if you are talking about it opening slow.

If you are talking about it printing to a printer slow, get a new printer!

If you are talking about printing to a virtual PDF printer, try another one.

answered Sep 9, 2009 at 18:42 William Hilsum William Hilsum 117k 19 19 gold badges 184 184 silver badges 266 266 bronze badges

I didn't even think of actually sending it to the printer..I thought he meant taking a file and sending it to the "PDF Printer" which would save it as a PDF file. I'm going to feel dumb if that wasn't the case.

Commented Sep 9, 2009 at 18:44

lol - I really have no idea - "Is it possible to tune the PDF file so it can print faster?" I thought the same as you, but he mentions PDF file, so I assume he already has it and wants to print. Question was way to vague.

Commented Sep 9, 2009 at 18:53

I also thought this was about printing already created PDFs, not printing TO PDF. May I suggest changing the title to "Creating PDFs" or "printing to PDFs". For "printing PDFs" tells just that - that you have a PDF and wish to print it.

Commented Sep 9, 2009 at 19:01

This is an older post, but just in case someone stumbles upon this.

The speed of PDFs can greatly depend on your printer and print driver. If this is an office printer, make sure they have the PostScript drivers available. You'll get far better quality as well as performance.

Additionally, you want to look at the memory on your printer and potentially add to it (if available).

I would start with your drivers though, as this is the cheapest option. Testing with different file sizes can help determine if memory is something you need.