Memory Usage while printing
Dan Bissetsmith
print from Corel Draw 6 using normal resolution, I can watch as the commited
memory soars upward until it hits 500+Mb of memory usage.
I have 384 Mb of RAM with a 450 Mb swap on NT4 Server SP6a.
When I try to print Hi-Res, my memory usage shoots up to 700+ Mb and
basically kills the system until I kill the Corel Draw process, then it
drops back down to the usual 50 Mb commited usage.
The same images printed in other applications (not Corel) is able to print
... but my whole layout is in Corel Draw.
Is there any printer patches to help with this for Corel Draw?
Dan
Michael S. Lorrey
intensive when bitmap graphics are involved. You might also try saving
the graphics to a new file under a new name (and see if it winds up
being a smaller file) then try printing it. I know with other corel apps
this tends to help optimize things.
Dan Bissetsmith
"Michael S. Lorrey" <mlo...@datamann.com> wrote in message
news:3A2E59D5...@datamann.com...
> Are you printing to the HP in postscript or PCL??? PCL is very memory
> intensive when bitmap graphics are involved.
I'm using PCL. Does this printer support PS? Will ps provide the same
resolution? I'll re-install the driver if it does, or is there a different
postscript driver. The driver I got from HP is dj741nten.exe
>You might also try saving
> the graphics to a new file under a new name (and see if it winds up
> being a smaller file) then try printing it.
How does saving a file under a new name reduce the file size? Anyway, this
doesn't make any difference.
Michael S. Lorrey
should be both PCL and PS drivers for all HP printers. Look it up on the
disk from the factory or else look on their website for a postscript
driver for that printer. You will need to install this as a separate
driver, pointing to the same port.
It tends to go through and clean out any old code from edited elements
or text that is not eliminated by the Save feature. Its a big deal in
Ventura and WP, but not sure bout draw.
Dan Bissetsmith
> PS provides higher resolution with smaller print file sizes. There
> should be both PCL and PS drivers for all HP printers. Look it up on the
> disk from the factory or else look on their website for a postscript
> driver for that printer.
Well, they do have a postscript driver. But it has to be ordered in from the
U.S. and shipped (not available on their web site and not officially
supported). Strikes me as strange that they'll ship stuff from their order
department that they don't support. Anyway, I sure hope this works!