I know this issue has been hashed through several time on the -L, however I
have a few specific questions regarding large format printers.
The PC's:
MapInfo 6.0, WinNT 4.0, sp6, 550mhz, 256MB, Virtual Memory is set at
~600MB, all machines have > 4gigs free space on HDD.
The Plotters:
1. HP650c, 68 MB, Driver installed locally to each machine (Spools on each
users hardrive)
2. NovaJet PRO 60e, 8MB (Connected LPT1 to \\MAPROOM, Spools on \\MAPROOM)
My experience has shown each Plotter does well until the spool size
reaches ~150 megs. After that the machine thrashes the hard drive for hours
and never actually prints anything. I have tried the drivers in every
possible configuration, as well as several suggestions from MapInfo Corp.
regarding "Output Settings", to no avail.
My question(s) are this:
1. Am I asking to much of my current hardware?
2. Does anyone else print jobs this size to similar large format printers?
3. If so what is your current configuration?
4. Have I exceeded the limits of our current PC configuration?
5. Have I exceeded the limits of our current plotters?
6. How can I make this work?
7. Would a RIP help the Printers digest the larger files?
Any Suggestions/comments greatly appreciated.
The Test Plot:
1. South East Florida, Broward and Palm Beach Counties. County layer,
Cities, Streams, Lake, Airports, Streets, etc.
This Plots fine. Spools to about 10 megs.
2. All of the above and 80,000 customer points, represented as a wingding
font size 6.
Printed to the NOvaJet , took ~3 hrs to print. Would not print
completely on the HP650c. Spools about 150MB
3. All of the above and ECW Aerial Photography(no transparancy)
Will not print to either printer. MapInfo gives an error "Cannot
Print" Spools >150 MB
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Eric M. Durrance
Market Research Analyst
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