<Help! When trying to print a 10Mb PICT graphic image from GraphicConvertor to my HP 930C printer a message saying - Status of "xxx.pict": spooling page 1 to disk - appears. This stays on screen for some 15 minutes, there are sounds of hard drive activity and then another message saying - System error "Disk full (-34)" occurred. The same happens if I just try to do a print preview.
So, what 'disk' and why? I'm using a 7300/180 with a PowerLogix G3/350 card, OS 8.6, 448Mb of RAM, 1Gb of free Hard Drive space. I've allotted 50Mb to GraphicConvertor and 30Mb to the Desktop Printer and feed the printer via a 2-port USB/PCI card. Smaller 1Mb files print quite OK and relatively quickly. I've tried with Background Printing both ON and OFF. I've tried printing a JPEG version of the PICT image - about 0.5Mb - with no luck. What's going on? Alan G.> I don't know exactly why your system is doing this. but I do know that I always have unpredictable results printing Pict and jpg files because they are formats designed for on-screen viewing and not for printed output. I recommend saving the files in Photoshop to a printable format like tiff or EPS when you need to print them out. I know the printer and your system have to do alot of translation to print from jpg and pict formats. Also, it helps to change them to CMYK if they currently in RGB format. Good luck and hope this helps. --Tom -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
