Export to pdf | file to big?

[Anna S.]

Hey there, I build 19 artworks for printing on big walls. The printer needs them with 250 DPI. The works have a sizes between 2.5x2m and 3x2m real size.

I tried to export them as pdf a lot of times. It takes very long to export them (once it worked with the whole file it takes more than 2 hours). But the file seems so big, Mac preview and adobe reader can't open the pdf file so I can't check if the export succeeded in total.

Now I also tried to put just one artwork into a seperate file to see if different properties work different. It's still very big (281 mb).

Hopefully any one knows the final trick?!

 

[Lee D]

Usually anything that will be large are designed to scale, the printer will then scale up. Also most apps that view PDF files have a limit to the size (dimensions not file size) of the file they can display.

If you can PM me a link to the file I can take a look, also let me know your PDF export settings.

[Anna S.]

Thanks, Lee.

 

I send a PM with one example file.