[filmscanners] Re: Fw: OT: Printing Large Files

["Arthur Entlich" <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>]

Firstly, I would do whatever I could to shrink the file size.  That
would include bringing it down to 8 bit/color (24 bit) and flattening it
so it has no layers on top.  Of course, if you haven't done so, save the
file in its larger form before doing this.

Then, make sure wherever it is you send your image to for spooling from
within the Epson driver has enough space available to spool the image.
This should be several times the size of the file itself, and should not
be shared, if possible, with the area where you have either your
Photoshop scratch disks and MS swap files (I'm assuming you are using a
PC and WINdows).

I don't know the driver fro the exact printer you have, but my Epson
printers are limited to 44" long images.  I have printed from images
that have very large files sizes, and up to 44" long.


Art


> Hi,
>
> Sorry this is slightly off topic but I'm hoping one of you imaging guru's
> may have come across the problem. I have just started working on Panoramic
> images and I'd like to be able to string 6-7 24bit (or higher) images
> together to produce a composite. Now, I can do this fine, only problem is
> the completed image is around 170MB and when I try to print it in PS6, it
> crashes me out every time. I'm stuck. Can anyone suggest an alternate
> approach besides downsampling the file? I'm printing to an Epson 1280/1290.
> But this crashes before it gets to the driver software and on the _very odd
> occasion it makes it there and it starts printing, I get approx. 1/3rd of
> the file printed then it crashes again... Very infuriating. Is anyone out
> the printing such huge files?
>
> Help! :)
>
> Cheers,
> Neil
>



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