How do I save from Illustrator to a manageable, smaller file.

My illustrator file size is 1.2gb and I need it smaller to send to the printers. What should I do.

Fred,
Illy is unable to help you to get a higher (apparent) resolution.
Only vector artwork is resolution independent, and unless you patiently recreate with the proper tools such as the Pen Tool, you cannot vectorize and get anything as good as you have already; for photos, hand drawings, and the like, Live/Image Trace is the obvious way to vectorize, but that will not give any better appearance and therefore give you no advantage when you scale up.
But the required resolution depends entirely on the viewing distance, and it may be limited by the printing process in any case.
Have you asked the printer about the final resolution at the final size?
To assess whether the resoltution is sufficient, you may print the whole thing at a moderate size and then view it at the same ratio of size to distance, in other words at the same viewing angle.
Going from A4 (297) to 2,000 mm is 1 to 6.734, so if you print it at A4 and view it at 1/6.734 times (between 1/6 and 1/7) the viewing distance for the final sheet, you can see how pixelated it will appear (presuming your printer gives you the full resolution inherent in the images).

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