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Originally posted by Jim Cesiro
This is what I was trying to print out.
Give it a try and tell me if its huge.
Fema Map
This can be saved to an image and printed. The file size is 1.05MB. I do not think that is too huge, or is it?
I have been waiting for 2 hours now for it to print.
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Can't log into your session. All depends on how the image is being generated. If it's a raster file at 1.05 mb's it should not be a big deal.
Could also be a vector file or combo of raster and vector.
Consumer printers won't do well with moderate to complex vector data. They generally do not handle PostScript, (language of vector) they have no internal RIP (Raster Image Processing engine) which means your computer needs to try and do the conversion which if it's not set up for it can be a bear.
I suspect since you are in an engineering field you will encounter CAD and other vector based files on a fairly regular basis.
I would invest in a good Laser printer.
If the image is in fact a raster jpg then check the color space. Some consumer printers do not deal with printing outside of their color space. EX; if the file is an Index or RGB image and the printer is CMYK color you have a mismatch. Rare that this is an issue today but just throwing it out there.
Edit: do you know if the file is compressed? you can compress just about any raster format. If you print it without opening it, (you placed it into a Word doc or other application), then you are sending data that needs to uncompress on the way to the printer.
If it's open in it's native app when you print then the application is already sending uncompressed data.