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shripadcd
shripadcd
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December 20, 2018
Question

framemaker 2015 Save as pdf takes lot of time. 150 pages document took ~8 hours. Any solution to this?

  • December 20, 2018
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Well the 150 pages document is a complete User manual having about 50 images scattered through out the manual.

While PDF generation is going on, CPU load is about 50% and RAM usage is about 5 GB out of 8 GB.

Similar looking document in FM 2011 of same length takes about 1.5-2 hours on same machine.

Is there anything wrong in FM 2015? We cannot ask for a favor from client any more. 

Please suggest a solution. Thanks in advance.

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Barb Binder
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Barb BinderCommunity Expert
Community Expert
December 20, 2018

Hi shripadcd:

Is upgrading to 2019 an option? The PDF conversion was dramatically improved and I was amazed by how much faster PDF generation is for long books.

If you have time, you might download the free trial and just test it out. Even if your office is saying no now, you might be able to justify the upgrade if you see a significant time savings.


~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
shripadcd
shripadcdAuthor
Known Participant
December 21, 2018

Thanks BarbBinder​

Guess, there is no way out. Will try out 2019 some time in the next week.

    Hezy A
    Hezy A
    Inspiring
    December 20, 2018

    I have made many PDFs and not experienced that time length.

    Can you try printing to the PDF as a printer, or creating a post script file and distilling to see if this improves?

    shripadcd
    shripadcdAuthor
    Known Participant
    December 20, 2018

    Hi Zippy21​

    Thanks for quick response.

    I tried print as option but it takes similar kind of time.

    I will try printing PS file and update.

    W
    Community Expert
    Winfried RengCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    December 20, 2018

    Hi,

    Can you give some more information?

    Do you have a book? How many files in the book?

    What's the file size of the single files?

    What is the graphics file format? What's the file size of the graphics files?

    How are the graphics imported? Referenced or copied or as objects?

    Best regards

    Winfried

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