Thanks for everyone's suggestions. I'll quote them and then respond. > At 2:06 AM -0500 9/8/03, Terry & Claire Hart wrote: > >> Is there a way to see what is using RAM at any given moment? For the past >> two-three weeks, I've had the type of sluggishness that I think is from >> maxed-out RAM. I also occasionally get a prompt telling me that I can't >> perform this or that because memory is low. Right now I am unable to print >> a document because "memory is low." That's after restarting and trying to >> print that one document. I printed it a month ago without a problem. >> >> I have 1 GB of RAM in an iMac 400 DV. The 10 GB HD is half filled. > > Claire, what OS are you using? (I'm guessing that you are not using > X. The link provided by Jim Dynes is for downloading the app, Memory > Usage Getter, which only works in X.) > > With your gig of RAM, it is almost certain that your current problems > are not a result of RAM shortage. > > So, what OS? > Size of document that you are trying to print? > Printing from what application? > What make/model of printer? > > Mary
Regarding Mary's post, I'm using 9.2.2. Printing a 2.5 MB PageMaker 5 document on an hp LaserJet 1200 series. August's newspaper was 2.8 MB, and printed smoothly. So was June/July's, and May's, and April's issue. March, though, had the same problem as this September issue. I have no idea what I did "right" to get four issues in a row to work. The way I worked around it this month (since I did have a deadline) was to send the document to my inkjet printer. Then I pasted in the August issue (which had printed right) the photos, clip art, and other graphics from the September issue (which didn't want to work). I inserted a little at a time, PS Grouping each addition and printing it quickly as I held my breath. Then I literally cut and pasted the laser photos, clip art, etc. onto the inkjet-ed pages. I used a roll of double stick tape but it worked. I know it sounds like a PageMaker issue, but I'm working this from all angles until I solve the problem. I am aware of an issue between PageMaker 6.5 and OS 9 involving aldtmp files. I've found a few aldtmp files and deleted them, but the problem hasn't corrected itself. Also, the prompts regarding low memory happen randomly in other programs as well. >From Laurence: > In Mac OS 9 backwards just go to the Apple and go to "About this > Macintosh" and you'll see the different programs memory allocation. > > Oh yeah, it's "About this computer" isn't it, since the clones came. > Shows how long one's been using Macs... ;o) I opened the offending PageMaker document, then went to "About this computer." It shows to be using a little section that is 498 MB in size. Nothing else unusual appears to be using RAM. >From Jim: > Try Memory usage getter > http://homepage.mac.com/simx/.cv/simx/Public/mug2.2.1.dmg-link.dmg I haven't tried this yet. I will tomorrow morning. >From Chas: > I've seen FALSE "low memory" warnings with printers that turned out to > be a bad temp file or directory that was lingering in the queue. You > might want to run DiskWarrior, and check to make sure you have no temp > files in the print queue. I did run DiskWarrior. Also, there's nothing in the printer's queue, if that's what you mean. I'm not aware of another queue. Also, I get low memory warnings and/or general sluggishness randomly when I'm not printing as well. I also am able to print just fine sometimes. Thanks so far for your input. I am on the borderline of installing OS X onto my internal HD, and going with the OS 9 apps in classic. It's just hard to take the plunge. Maybe that would solve everything... Thanks, Claire -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
