Customize size of info/crop/fit marks on export.

I have encountered a problem when exporting PDF files from Illustrator and InDesign via Distiller. The silk screen printing company that recieved my printed films (colour separated) say the info in the slug area is way too small. This includes the info text with file name, and the fit marks (?), the small circles with a cross through. According to the print shop, these are so small (appr 4mm) they are practically useless. I tried the thickest line available in the printing dialogue (0,5p), but even though the lines got a little bit thicker, the marks were still very small. Surely there must be a way to increase the size of the generated text and marks?
I use Adobe CS6 Design Standard w Acrobat X Pro.
Best
/Fredrik

The print shop does not have the equipment to print the films themselves. This is a pretty old school silk screen printing company. Their requirements are simply, one spot colour per each film, name of job and Pantone colour, and fit marks for lining up the artwork on each film. The separation to pdf in Distiller works perfect except for the tiny info and marks. The person who did this before me used Corel and made multiple copies of the artwork, recoloured each spot colour to black and drew fit marks manually. A tedious job that normally took hours. With distiller this is done in a few seconds.

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