Printing To Pdf From Logic Options

[joaniscreativegr...]

I am having a problem with printing to pdf from Panther in Logic 7. When I print a score to pdf, the file sizes are ridiculously large. 21MB for a 100 measure score with 12 staves. I am able to reduce the file size in Acrobat Pro 6 but it takes over 4 hours to process "consolidating duplicate fonts". My business is built on the ability to e-mail scores and parts to clients. Anyone have any insight into this problem?

[PristineRec]

My guess is maybe it's embedding multiple versions of a (musical note) font, maybe even one for each note. (Which would account for the huge file size)

Look under File>Document Properties>Fonts

There should proably be only a couple entries in there, maybe one for the notes, and one or two for other parts of the interface. If there is huge amount in there, then there is problem in the translation to PDF, if there is absolutely nothing in there, then it is probably writing entirely in raster, and that might also account for the large file size.

If there is a font embedding problem, try printing your file to a Postscript file and using Acrobat Distiller to make your PDF. You would have the option of embedding or not embedding fonts in there, and maybe you might find a huge file size difference without the fonts embedded. (Keep in mind, of course, that your files won't print correctly on someone elses computer if the fonts aren't embedded) This might just help point to where the problem is occuring.