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Printing a big-size file

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by leokon

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Hi There, I have to make a presentation for my company and I try to print a big-size file(about 3MB), but my printer doesn't let me do it. How can I allocate more space on hard drive or memory on PC to increase my spooler size, however, I use a regular printer(no memory), Thanks

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by crapaud ergo sum

my guess is that a printer without ram will not print a file of that size or at least it will be difficult, however:

assuming you have a graphic in this. can you decrease the number of colors as well as change the file type to reduce size from 3MB?

try turning off all you can by ctrl-alt-delete or which ever way you prefer.

some programs can handle spooling files of this size better than others. attempt printing from a different program.

all my best.

toad

by isys

What application? What type of printer (laser or inkjet)? Under Printer Properties, Advanced tab, Print Processor button, make sure you have Winprint for the processor. Change between raw and EMF to see if this fixes your problem. Can you print a few pages at a time?

by joseph moore

Well, if all you need to do is move the Spooler folder to another drive with adequate available drive space, then do this:
On the machine that is the Print Spooler, stop the Spooler service.
Open up Printers on this machine.
Click File -> Server Properties.
Click the Advanced tab
In the Spool Folder text box, put in a path to a folder on a different drive with adequate free drive space.
Click OK and close the Printers window.
Start the Spooler service.
Now try to print the file.

by stngfan1

In the application open the file, then hit File,Print,print current page, then switch to the next page and repeat. Basically printing one page at a time.

TM

by guenter.matthaeus

All the answers above are correct.
For a laser printer each page of the document for example word must fit into the printers physical memory. It's not only the amount of characters and graphics. There is also a little overhaed by the job itself.
Some from the practice:
Don't use bitmaps in the document try GIF
Don't print with the highest resolution >try 150 dpi or less. The quality at the paper will be good enough.
Put more memory to your printer. Some printers take old PS/2 ones.

Goodluck

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