huge pdfs out there

I have the same problem at a customer's site and we just lost a deal for a 2nd W3600 because of this. They routinely take multiple PDF files, bring them up in Adobe and merge them into 1 file. This new file is opened and then printed using Winprint. Same problems, PB takes a long time to spool and the job normally times out. Once the job has redlined, you are usually able to print it from within PB. I am not suggesting this as a solution long term but it may allow them to print critical files. I was onsite with my tech for half a day trying to figure this out and correct the problem. We opened both the CFG and TEMP folders and we could see the files processing through each folder. A 32 multipage file (40MB)transformed into a file that was almost 300MB! Huge. We have been unable to determine where the problem lies; customer's network, Adobe 9 (which has known problems) or the way that the Ratio software processes things. If you find an answer to the problem, I would be interested in learning more. Good Luck!

I have had the same issues with the new units, not sure what the issue is.

I have seen this many times. The problem is that when the pdf was created it was not properly flattened. When these pdf's go to print they explode into giant files and use up all of the computer's resources.

The solution is to open the file in Accrobat Standard or photoshop and either re-pdf the drawing or convert it into a Tiff file. As a tiff file the frawing will print immediately.