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James,

What version of Distiller are you using? If you have Acrobat 5, the
default Distiller printer instance that is created will automatically
be hooked into the "PDF:" port and this uses a plug-in to print
directly to Distiller. Even if you re-direct to file, it can be very
slow. However, there is a workaround.

Create a new Distiller printer instance (call it MyDistiller or
whatever) and hook that into to the "FILE:" port right of the bat.
This instance will not be using the plug-in and can result in a
ten-fold increase in performance.

Also, make sure that you have the printer instance set to spool as Dov
indicated. This also provides a performance boost.

If you are using FM7, and are *not* creating PDFs for composite colour
workflows, then printing to the original Distiller instance via the
PDF port (and avoiding manual distilling via an intermediate PS file)
should be relatively fast. There would be no need to print to file in
this scenario.