Urgent: F5 print files TOO BIG!

[Rick Lee]

This is an urgent problem. My client needs it fixed by Wednesday.


  I've programmed Flash 5 to act as a layout app to print stylized 

letters in arbitrary strings. It's Korean Leather Brush Art to be used 

as souvenirs at  SeaWorld in San Diego. (See www.brush-art.com)


  The letter files were done in Illustrator and saved as .swf files. 

They are strung together by using loadMovie() repeatedly. It all works 

fine. But apparently Illustrator can only save them as bitmaps.


  When 2-3 letters are scaled larger, the print files grow as large as 

200 MB!! Even 12 smaller letters yield a print file of only 7MB.


  These files need to be printed in less than 5 minutes so that the 

tourists won't walk away.


  Thanks very much.


  Rick


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