Eric, For large plots, the virtual memory setting of 600Mb seems a little low. Watch the task manager as it plots, and see if you hit any limits. If you have the space then I would set the upper limit for the pagefile to something like 2 gigs.
I have experience with the 650c, and have noticed that if memory "limits" are hit, then NT somehow expands the limits and carries on. If this happens, however, the plot will usually fail. Regards Neil Moseley Geodata Computing Services http://members.iinet.net.au/~mose/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Durrance" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "MapInfo -L (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 2:55 AM Subject: MI-L Large Format Printers > 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 > > _________________________ > Eric M. Durrance > Market Research Analyst > > 28.0285�,-82.0505� > > The sum of intelligence in the planet is a constant. > The population is increasing. > > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | > To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and > put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body. > _______________________________________________________________________ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body.
