Printing large files

[jrulez]

I have several users that work with 200GB files, when they print to the fiery it takes about 15-20min to spool locally. Once the fiery recieves the job, it prints out quick. Is there any way to speed up the print job?

 

[MarcusStringer]

wow, 200 Gigabites, I not supprised it takes that long...
Is there anyway they can reduce the file size, which will spreed the RIP time

Marcus

http://www.midlandtypesetters.com.au

 

[jrulez]

Sorry I meant 200MB. I seem to think the problem is the actual computer. It takes forever to send it to the printer. I tried sending the same file from different computers, and I get the same results. How do you guys deal with these issues?

 

[MarcusStringer]

We usally get a faster Computer

What are your computer specs etc etc.

Maybe more Ram will help the job spool better

Marcus

http://www.midlandtypesetters.com.au

 

[jrulez]

The current specs are:

Dell Optiplex GX270
P4
2.80ghz
1GB RAM

 

[hetzen]

Are you using the serial port to connect to the printer? USB or Lan is far quicker to transmit.

Also more ram in you printer may help, but it doesn't seem that the print speed is the issue.

 

[jrulez]

Its a LAN printer.

 

[hetzen]

TBH, 200mb will take a while to transmit regardless. Does the print wait for updates? ie does it wait half way through?

 

[hetzen]

Your machine seems to have the balls to do the job, but 15-20 mins seems forever. Is this via a network print, ie through a server? Have you tried printing directly from machine to printer?

 

[jrulez]

The printer is attached to a Fiery, which acts as a print server.

 

[hetzen]

I have no idea what a Fiery is, so I can only asume that this is the slow link. Can you attach the printer directly to your machine? That would tell you for sure.

 

[jrulez]

Unfortunately the printer has no network card, it connects to the fiery via SCSI, which has the network card. A fiery is where all the color management happens