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
