Graphic Elements in Frame 9 Template

[Pete Roebber]

Thanks to everyone who has responded. I have been getting good results by 
exporting the .ai files as .png, importing them locally (not from a 
network drive), and making sure to use the Adobe PDF printer driver. Save 
as PDF now completes the job in under 2 minutes and the file size is back 
to what I expect.

Thanks again,
Pete



From:   "DeRosier, Edward" <Edward.DeRosier at anritsu.com>
To:     <pete.roebber at pt.com>
Cc:     <framers at lists.frameusers.com>
Date:   04/15/2010 10:52 AM
Subject:        RE: Graphic Elements in Frame 9 Template



Hi Pete,

Regarding your long printing times and large PDF file sizes:

In addition to the suggestions of other list members, I suggest that you
seek additional methods to reduce your Illustrator file sizes.  For
example, if your AI file uses multiple layers, keep those layers for
convenient image modifications, but save a new file for import to
FrameMaker.  Use the Illustrator flatten image function to reduce the
image to a single layer. 

Each drawing feature (Richard Combs mentioned gradient fills) may have
file-size effects that you need to minimize.

My 2 cents,

Ed DeRosier
Anritsu Company
Senior Technical Writer