Some/many 4/C .EPS ills. display slowly on page

[Richard Doll]

sys: MS WinXP-Pro SerPk2
app.FrameMaker v7.2
box:Dell Precision PWS490, 1.6 GHz, 3.* GB RAM,
            C:\Software, Apps. & Ills., etc. - 80GB
            F:\WorkFiles-Frame\PShop\Excel\etc. - 80GB
            I:\Backup - 1TB & Carbonite (both - specified folders) . . . OK, 
so I'm paranoid.

Issue:  Some (but, not all) EPS 4/c illustrations "open" for and are
displayed on-screen much slower than others.
           All are in an SGML structured environment of a file of 8pp-240pp
having 1 to 6 ills./pg.
           Some ills. do fly/snap through the display process, other stop
2-8 sec./ill (display it - then do the next ill.- etc.).
           This issue causes some pages to take almost a minute to display
and release control for me to do any adj'ts.

I have been unable, upon viewing diff. .eps ills. to deduce the issue
causing this slowness.

I have noticed two different happenings in the Frame file open :
        one . . . Initial open of the sgml file (needing conversion) - All 
pages
"snap-to" upon completion/display. - like   the ills. are "print-ready" -
        two . . . Subsequent open of the .fm file - Open /displaying (if 
"mal"defined eps is/are present) SLOWLY and are now being made 
"print-ready".

Appreciate your solutions, comments or hints!

best to all,

dick doll
317.539.4857
sgmlindy at tds.net