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I am working with a large file: the .PSD is about 350MB and contains about 4 raster layers (about 200MB TIFF’s each before importing) and about 35 vector layers (labels and boxes and the like).
If I print to my plotter or laserjet, I have no problems; photoshop is done sending it to the spooler in under 5 minutes or so…
However, if I print to PDF, using Acrobat 6 or JawsPDF which is what I usually use, it takes an extremely long time and then locks up — looking at the spooling on JawsPDF also implies that it is sending each layer at about 300MB or so — if I merge most of my layers and then print the ‘size’ in my printer dialog box gets up to about a gig or so, and then I end up with my 80Kb PDF, but the quality is terrible where the vectors are; I need to keep the vectors in the PDF but photoshop seems to send each tiny vector layer as the same huge size, quickly (~5 minutes) putting it over 3GB or so before croaking..
Any ideas? How can I put out a PDF from a large file with multiple layers?
Thanks
-Josh
I am working with a large file: the .PSD is about 350MB and contains about 4 raster layers (about 200MB TIFF’s each before importing) and about 35 vector layers (labels and boxes and the like).
If I print to my plotter or laserjet, I have no problems; photoshop is done sending it to the spooler in under 5 minutes or so…
However, if I print to PDF, using Acrobat 6 or JawsPDF which is what I usually use, it takes an extremely long time and then locks up — looking at the spooling on JawsPDF also implies that it is sending each layer at about 300MB or so — if I merge most of my layers and then print the ‘size’ in my printer dialog box gets up to about a gig or so, and then I end up with my 80Kb PDF, but the quality is terrible where the vectors are; I need to keep the vectors in the PDF but photoshop seems to send each tiny vector layer as the same huge size, quickly (~5 minutes) putting it over 3GB or so before croaking..
Any ideas? How can I put out a PDF from a large file with multiple layers?
Thanks
-Josh
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