Darryl Baird (dbaird@flint.umich.edu)
Sun, 01 Aug 1999 09:27:53 -0500
This is a function of printer "spooling" -- taking a chunk of RAM (memory) to
send the file to temporarily while it processes the remaining "data". The
alternative is to give up your computer entirely while the file prints
slowwwwwwly out on the paper/film. It needs this extra RAM to do its work. Many
programs work this way, using more memory as needed, instead of hogging it until
you quit the application.
BTW, you need more memory-ALWAYS. RAM is expected to jump 20% next month.
Micron announced it expects to raise chip prices from 5-17% in August as
supplies drop to very low levels.
EmanArchiv@aol.com wrote:
> Using an Epson, I got some disc error message (mac) when the file was 30 megs
> or more and the file would not print. I had tried giving the Epson software
> more memory with no luck. After emailing back and forth to Epson tech
> support, one of them came up with the idea, that because I had 100 megs of
> memory alloted to Photoshop, it was not going to print. Sure enough, after
> dialing down Photoshop to 40 megs of memory, or so, the Epson started
> printing the larger files.
>
> Eric Nelson
> Chicago, Ill.
-- Darryl Baird
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