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February 27, 2025
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HUGE PDFs when exported from Ai for iPad

  • February 27, 2025
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I'm having an issue where I need to export a PDF for print. It's only A6 size but exports a massive file size. (like 26MB) On desktop I understand that you would "Print PDF" to avoid this issue, but as that is not an option from the iPad version I'm not sure what to do.

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Monika Gause
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 27, 2025

What's in the file?

erin_8135Author
Participant
February 27, 2025

2 artboards, each a6 size ( 105 x 150mm), one with a jpeg filling the canvas and some text over, and the other with just text.

Monika Gause
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 27, 2025

Probably Illustrator on the iPad doesn't compress the JPEG.