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PostScript files being too big to fit on a floppy is an old problem. There are various ways around it. Send the files via modem by phone. Save the files to a Syquest removeable hard drive and take that to the bureau. Buy a writeable CD-ROM drive and take a CD-ROM to the bureau. (Santa, are you reading this?) If the bureau has an Amiga, take your hard drive to their Amiga. Use a utility that can split the files across many floppies; the bureau then uses another utility to join them all back together. The latter is the cheapest way, but it does involve a fair amount of work at both ends. ADPro comes with "Splitz" and "Joinz" utilities in Amiga, PC and Mac format for just this purpose. I've used this method on several occasions, and it works. I don't know of a PD/shareware solution. It may be that you don't need to prepare 2xA4=A3 spreads. In fact, if your 2xA4 designs are facing pages, these will have to split at some time anyway because, except for the centre spread, they do not get printed on the same piece of paper. It might make more sense to save each individual A4 page. This, of course, will mean smaller PostScript files. Jeff Walker – Just Amiga Monthly.