# File size changes

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/file-size-changes/558858
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [October 30, 2010, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/file-size-changes/558858 "2010-10-30T06:30:27Z")
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### Author: ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2010, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/file-size-changes/558858/1 "2010-10-30T06:30:27Z")

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Why does a 600Kb image appear as 90Mb when I send it to print?

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### Author: ![Palooka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/palooka/32/2902_2.png) [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2010, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/file-size-changes/558858/2 "2010-10-30T07:17:32Z")

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The gist of it is that the print driver generally does a poor job of converting the compressed image into the much larger uncompressed printer-resolution file.