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Link: contents Link: index Link: prev Link: next lprng * left arrow Thread right arrow * left arrow Date right arrow * Find ___________________ Re: LPRng: "This job requires more memory" errors Rick Cochran Wed, 16 Oct 2002 11:53:01 -0700 Paul, Yes indeed! Very helpful! I keep forgetting that Microsoft doesn't speak the same language as the rest of us ("memory" = "disk space"). I will relay this to the people who were experiencing the errors. Thanks! -Rick Paul Tykodi wrote: > Dear Rick, > > I was recently cleaning up some of my incoming e-mail logs and found this > post from you to the LPRng mailing list. I have two Adobe documents that > create the error you have described when I try to print either of the whole > documents rather than just a page range. It appears this is because they are > English language PDF's that are conversions from some other original > language. When you print the documents from Acrobat, the resulting spool > files are very large. > > In my case, the size of a spool file created when trying to print the whole > document is larger than the spool space alloted to the queue on the server > that services the network printer in question. During the transmission of > the spool file from my PC to the server queue, the transmission is aborted > because the maximum spool space for the queue is exceeded and the error that > displays in Adobe Acrobat is the one you referenced in your post. > > I thought you might find this information useful since you mention that the > users have not been able to replicate the problem on a consistent basis. > > HTH > > Best Regards, > > /Paul > -- > Paul Tykodi > National Product Manager > Intermate US Inc. > > p: 603-431-0606 x115 > f: 603-436-6432 > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.intermate.com > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of >>Rick Cochran >>Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 4:00 PM >>To: lprng >>Subject: LPRng: "This job requires more memory" errors >> >> >>I'm using the latest Adobe drivers. >> >>Some of my users have reported seeing error output like this: >> >> This job requires more memory than is available in this printer >> [additional verbiage deleted] >> >>So far, nobody has been able to reproduce this problem reliably, so I'm >>just shooting in the dark. >> >>The PostScript code for print jobs contains occasional checks of the >>form "nnnnn VM?" where nnnnn is a number of bytes which the PostScript >>driver thinks will be needed and VM? is an operator which subtracts the >>currently used VM (virtual memory) from the maximum available VM, >>compares it with nnnnn, and prints the error message above if it is not >>enough. > > >>Unfortunately, it's not clear where the maximum available VM figure >>comes from. It's possible that it has something to do with the >>"Available PostScript Memory" parameter in the "Printer Settings" tab of >>the "Printer Properties" dialog box for the print queue. >> >>The "Available PostScript Memory" parameter gets automatically modified >>(presumably in a reasonable fashion) when the "Total Memory" parameter >>is set. Since the default value for "Total Memory" (4MB for HP >>printers) is _very_ low compared to our recommended 64MB, it's possible >>that this setting is responsible for these errors. >> >>Another possible reason for lack of memory would be memory leaks in the >>printers' print engines. >> >>Any helpful comments would be appreciated. >>-Rick >> >>-- >>|Rick Cochran phone: 607-255-7618| >>|Cornell CIT - Systems & Operations - Net-Print FAX: 607-255-8521| >>|730 Rhodes Hall, Ithaca, N.Y. 14853 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > YOU MUST BE A LIST MEMBER IN ORDER TO POST TO THE LPRNG MAILING LIST > The address you post from MUST be your subscription address > > If you need help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or lprng-requests > or lprng-digest-requests) with the word 'help' in the body. 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