MapInfo Pro 10 and Layered PDFs
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extwisted
Jul 28, 2009, 2:26:12 AM7/28/09
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Has anyone found that using the MapInfo V10 PDF creator to generate
PDFs is extremely slow? For example it takes about 30 mins to create a
moderately complex A3 PDF compared to about 1 min with Adobe PDF?
Thanks
K
PDFs is extremely slow? For example it takes about 30 mins to create a
moderately complex A3 PDF compared to about 1 min with Adobe PDF?
Thanks
K
Uffe Kousgaard
Jul 28, 2009, 2:43:20 AM7/28/09
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Hi,
Are you comparing a layered PDF versus a non-layered PDF? That could
explain the difference, although 30 minutes is a lot. Perhaps it is
possible to turn off the layering in MI 10 for testing? I still haven't
received it myself.
Regards
Uffe Kousgaard
Are you comparing a layered PDF versus a non-layered PDF? That could
explain the difference, although 30 minutes is a lot. Perhaps it is
possible to turn off the layering in MI 10 for testing? I still haven't
received it myself.
Regards
Uffe Kousgaard
extwisted
Jul 28, 2009, 2:55:44 AM7/28/09
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From what I could see, there isn't an option using the MapInfo PDF
driver to toggle layer/non-layered PDFs. The difference in time is
comparing the MapInfo PDF driver versus Adobe Acrobat PDF driver.
Cheers,
Kalu
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driver to toggle layer/non-layered PDFs. The difference in time is
comparing the MapInfo PDF driver versus Adobe Acrobat PDF driver.
Cheers,
Kalu
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Peter Horsbøll Møller
Jul 28, 2009, 4:31:45 AM7/28/09
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Hi Kalu,
Is it a very complex setup you are working with?
I just tried printing a map with 30 layers of StreetPro data in zoom of 70 kilometers.
That took 20-30 seconds to print.
What kind of data are you printing and in what scale?
Peter Horsbøll Møller
Pitney Bowes Business Insight - MapInfo
Pitney Bowes Business Insight - MapInfo
2009/7/28 extwisted <kalu...@gmail.com>
extwisted
Jul 28, 2009, 10:56:36 PM7/28/09
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Hi Peter,
Thanks for testing.
I've tried printing a couple of different layouts using the MapInfo
PDF driver. Both took a very long time to generate.
One was a moderately complex A3 map with numerous vector layers (road,
rail, area boundaries, etc) and a thematic, the map extent was about
30 km wide. It took about half an hour with the MapInfo driver and
about 1 minute with the Adobe PDF driver. In both cases, the resulting
PDF was about 1 MB.
I also tried printing an A4 map of a local area (about 500 m wide)
with an aerial photo raster background and a simple line over the top.
It took about 40 mins to generate using the MapInfo PDF driver and
about 45 seconds using the Adobe driver. Both PDF drivers were set to
the default 600dpi. The PDF created using the MapInfo driver saved at
about 5.3 MB, the PDF created by the Adobe driver saved at about 1.3
MB. The two resulting PDFs look identical, including the resolution of
the raster.
Cheers,
Kalu
On Jul 28, 6:31 pm, Peter Horsbøll Møller <mapinf...@horsboll-
Thanks for testing.
I've tried printing a couple of different layouts using the MapInfo
PDF driver. Both took a very long time to generate.
One was a moderately complex A3 map with numerous vector layers (road,
rail, area boundaries, etc) and a thematic, the map extent was about
30 km wide. It took about half an hour with the MapInfo driver and
about 1 minute with the Adobe PDF driver. In both cases, the resulting
PDF was about 1 MB.
I also tried printing an A4 map of a local area (about 500 m wide)
with an aerial photo raster background and a simple line over the top.
It took about 40 mins to generate using the MapInfo PDF driver and
about 45 seconds using the Adobe driver. Both PDF drivers were set to
the default 600dpi. The PDF created using the MapInfo driver saved at
about 5.3 MB, the PDF created by the Adobe driver saved at about 1.3
MB. The two resulting PDFs look identical, including the resolution of
the raster.
Cheers,
Kalu
On Jul 28, 6:31 pm, Peter Horsbøll Møller <mapinf...@horsboll-
moller.dk> wrote:
> Hi Kalu,
>
> Is it a very complex setup you are working with?
> I just tried printing a map with 30 layers of StreetPro data in zoom of 70
> kilometers.
> That took 20-30 seconds to print.
> What kind of data are you printing and in what scale?
>
> Peter Horsbøll Møller
> Pitney Bowes Business Insight - MapInfo
>
> 2009/7/28 extwisted <kalusj...@gmail.com>
> Hi Kalu,
>
> Is it a very complex setup you are working with?
> I just tried printing a map with 30 layers of StreetPro data in zoom of 70
> kilometers.
> That took 20-30 seconds to print.
> What kind of data are you printing and in what scale?
>
> Peter Horsbøll Møller
> Pitney Bowes Business Insight - MapInfo
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > From what I could see, there isn't an option using the MapInfo PDF
> > driver to toggle layer/non-layered PDFs. The difference in time is
> > comparing the MapInfo PDF driver versus Adobe Acrobat PDF driver.
>
> > Cheers,
> > Kalu
>
> > On Jul 28, 4:43 pm, Uffe Kousgaard <u...@routeware.dk> wrote:
> > > Hi,
>
> > > Are you comparing a layered PDF versus a non-layered PDF? That could
> > > explain the difference, although 30 minutes is a lot. Perhaps it is
> > > possible to turn off the layering in MI 10 for testing? I still haven't
> > > received it myself.
>
> > > Regards
> > > Uffe Kousgaard
>
> > > -------- Original Message --------
> > > Subject: [MI-L] MapInfo Pro 10 and Layered PDFs
> > > From: extwisted <kalusj...@gmail.com>
> > > To: MapInfo-L <mapi...@googlegroups.com>
> > > Date: 28-07-2009 08:26
>
> > > > Has anyone found that using the MapInfo V10 PDF creator to generate
> > > > PDFs is extremely slow? For example it takes about 30 mins to create a
> > > > moderately complex A3 PDF compared to about 1 min with Adobe PDF?
>
> > > > Thanks
>
>
>
>
> > From what I could see, there isn't an option using the MapInfo PDF
> > driver to toggle layer/non-layered PDFs. The difference in time is
> > comparing the MapInfo PDF driver versus Adobe Acrobat PDF driver.
>
> > Cheers,
> > Kalu
>
> > On Jul 28, 4:43 pm, Uffe Kousgaard <u...@routeware.dk> wrote:
> > > Hi,
>
> > > Are you comparing a layered PDF versus a non-layered PDF? That could
> > > explain the difference, although 30 minutes is a lot. Perhaps it is
> > > possible to turn off the layering in MI 10 for testing? I still haven't
> > > received it myself.
>
> > > Regards
> > > Uffe Kousgaard
>
> > > -------- Original Message --------
> > > Subject: [MI-L] MapInfo Pro 10 and Layered PDFs
> > > From: extwisted <kalusj...@gmail.com>
> > > To: MapInfo-L <mapi...@googlegroups.com>
> > > Date: 28-07-2009 08:26
>
> > > > Has anyone found that using the MapInfo V10 PDF creator to generate
> > > > PDFs is extremely slow? For example it takes about 30 mins to create a
> > > > moderately complex A3 PDF compared to about 1 min with Adobe PDF?
>
> > > > Thanks
Peter Horsbøll Møller
Aug 4, 2009, 2:15:00 AM8/4/09
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Kalu,
I found this description that might solve your problem.
The problem is described in the release notes for v10.0: http://reference.mapinfo.com/software/mapinfo_pro/english/10/MapInfoProfessionalReleaseNotes.pdf
Printing a Layered PDF Takes a Long Time or Causes the Application to Hang
The way in which polygons with holes are drawn was updated as of version 9.5.1 to improve rendering them. If you experience long printing times, or if MapInfo Professional hangs when printing polygons with holes, then you can set MapInfo Professional to use the older method of rendering polygons with holes. To do this add a new key to your registry setting (PolygonMode(DWORD) = 0) at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MapInfo\MapInfo\Common.
Setting PolygonMode to 1 returns it to the default setting.
Peter Horsbøll Møller
Pitney Bowes Business Insight - MapInfo
2009/7/29 extwisted <kalu...@gmail.com>
Kalu
Aug 4, 2009, 7:45:03 PM8/4/09
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Hi Peter,
Thanks ... that's fixed the problem.
Regards,
Kalu
On Aug 4, 4:15 pm, Peter Horsbøll Møller <mapinf...@horsboll-
> The problem is described in the release notes for v10.0:http://reference.mapinfo.com/software/mapinfo_pro/english/10/MapInfoP...
>
> *Printing a Layered PDF Takes a Long Time or Causes the Application to Hang*
> *The way in which polygons with holes are drawn was updated as of version
> *Setting PolygonMode to 1 returns it to the default setting.*
Thanks ... that's fixed the problem.
Regards,
Kalu
On Aug 4, 4:15 pm, Peter Horsbøll Møller <mapinf...@horsboll-
> The problem is described in the release notes for v10.0:http://reference.mapinfo.com/software/mapinfo_pro/english/10/MapInfoP...
>
> *Printing a Layered PDF Takes a Long Time or Causes the Application to Hang*
> *The way in which polygons with holes are drawn was updated as of version
> 9.5.1 to improve rendering them. If you experience long printing times, or
> if MapInfo Professional hangs when printing polygons with holes, then you
> can set MapInfo Professional to use the older method of rendering polygons
> with holes. To do this add a new key to your registry setting
> (PolygonMode(DWORD) = 0) at
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MapInfo\MapInfo\Common. *
> if MapInfo Professional hangs when printing polygons with holes, then you
> can set MapInfo Professional to use the older method of rendering polygons
> with holes. To do this add a new key to your registry setting
> (PolygonMode(DWORD) = 0) at
> *Setting PolygonMode to 1 returns it to the default setting.*
>
> Peter Horsbøll Møller
> Pitney Bowes Business Insight - MapInfo
>
> 2009/7/29 extwisted <kalusj...@gmail.com>
> Peter Horsbøll Møller
> Pitney Bowes Business Insight - MapInfo
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > Hi Peter,
>
> > Thanks for testing.
>
> > I've tried printing a couple of different layouts using the MapInfo
> > PDF driver. Both took a very long time to generate.
>
> > One was a moderately complex A3 map with numerous vector layers (road,
> > rail, area boundaries, etc) and a thematic, the map extent was about
> > 30 km wide. It took about half an hour with the MapInfo driver and
> > about 1 minute with the Adobe PDF driver. In both cases, the resulting
> > PDF was about 1 MB.
>
> > I also tried printing an A4 map of a local area (about 500 m wide)
> > with an aerial photo raster background and a simple line over the top.
> > It took about 40 mins to generate using the MapInfo PDF driver and
> > about 45 seconds using the Adobe driver. Both PDF drivers were set to
> > the default 600dpi. The PDF created using the MapInfo driver saved at
> > about 5.3 MB, the PDF created by the Adobe driver saved at about 1.3
> > MB. The two resulting PDFs look identical, including the resolution of
> > the raster.
>
> > Cheers,
> > Kalu- Hide quoted text -
>
>
>
>
> > Hi Peter,
>
> > Thanks for testing.
>
> > I've tried printing a couple of different layouts using the MapInfo
> > PDF driver. Both took a very long time to generate.
>
> > One was a moderately complex A3 map with numerous vector layers (road,
> > rail, area boundaries, etc) and a thematic, the map extent was about
> > 30 km wide. It took about half an hour with the MapInfo driver and
> > about 1 minute with the Adobe PDF driver. In both cases, the resulting
> > PDF was about 1 MB.
>
> > I also tried printing an A4 map of a local area (about 500 m wide)
> > with an aerial photo raster background and a simple line over the top.
> > It took about 40 mins to generate using the MapInfo PDF driver and
> > about 45 seconds using the Adobe driver. Both PDF drivers were set to
> > the default 600dpi. The PDF created using the MapInfo driver saved at
> > about 5.3 MB, the PDF created by the Adobe driver saved at about 1.3
> > MB. The two resulting PDFs look identical, including the resolution of
> > the raster.
>
> > Cheers,
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