> When trying to print a 10Mb PICT graphic image from GraphicConvertor to my HP > 930C printer a message saying - Status of "x.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. > > 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 50Mb 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.
After trying a number of suggestions I'm no further forward. In the last few days I've: Deleted the HP printer driver preferences Deleted and re-installed the HP printer driver Defragmented the hard drive Virtual memory OFF Quit all unnecessary applications Set printing to 'foreground' Set the resolution of the image to an easy divisor of the printer resolution Made the image a TIFF file rather than PICT or JPEG Set the Desktop Printer memory allocation to 50Mb Set GraphicConvertor's memory allocation to 50Mb There is 900Mb of contiguous hard drive space after defragmentation The largest unused block of RAM is 300Mb ...and still the message "System error - Disk full (-34) occurred" after 15 minutes or so :-( Even more interesting is the fact that if I use a 'PowerPrint' driver and serial/parallel cable rather than USB the printer begins to respond and begin printing after a mere 10/15 seconds! But the PowerPrint driver lacks some of the facilities of the HP driver - previewing, colour adjustment, saving of sets of preferences, range of paper types, etc. Just what **** Disk is filling up, where is it and just how large does it need to be? Alan G. -- -- 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
