When printing from a Java application a number of pages containing text using drawString, the spooled file is eg. 10/25 Mb for 6 pages. This applies to PCL and postscript printer drivers.

import java.awt.geom.*;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.print.PrinterJob;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.print.*;

public class ShapesPrint extends JPanel implements Printable {

    public ShapesPrint() {
        PrinterJob printJob = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();
        printJob.setPrintable(this);
        if (printJob.printDialog()) {
            try {
                printJob.print();
            } catch (Exception ex) {
                ex.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
}

public int print(Graphics g, PageFormat pf, int pageIndex) {
        if (pageIndex <= 5 )
                draw((Graphics2D) g);

        if (pageIndex >=6) {
                return Printable.NO_SUCH_PAGE;
        }
        Dimension size = getSize();

        return Printable.PAGE_EXISTS;
}

        public void draw(Graphics2D g) {

                g.setColor(Color.black);
                g.drawString("Testing in draw() again again again again again again again", 100, 80);
                for(int counter = 100; counter < 700; counter = counter + 10)
                g.drawString("Testing in draw() again again again again again again again", 100, counter);
        }

   public static void main(String s[]){
        new ShapesPrint();
    }
}