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Title: running out of memory printing to file
Post by: msadat on April 18, 2023, 09:55:06 PM
hi mike trying to print to a fuji gfx 100 file, the size of the print is 40x30, but I get an out of memory msg during the print. the system is win 11, and ryzen pro CPU, 256 gig of ram. thx


Title: Re: running out of memory printing to file
Post by: admin on April 19, 2023, 01:11:19 AM
40x30 at what resolution (PPI)?  Qimage is limited to 2GB so depending on the resolution setting, that may be too large for print to file.  Print to printer has no limitation but when printing to file, it all has to be put in one file.

Regards,
Mike


Title: Re: running out of memory printing to file
Post by: msadat on April 19, 2023, 02:16:47 PM
thx I did this in my office and will check the dpi, how do I calculate the memory requirements thx mike


Title: Re: running out of memory printing to file
Post by: admin on April 19, 2023, 03:15:19 PM
If you set up a 30x40 page at 300 PPI, the memory required is (30*300)*(40*300)*3 which is 324MB and that would work.  But if you were to pick something like 720 PPI the calculation would be (30*720)*(40*720)*3 and that is almost 2GB so you may run into trouble because on top of the 2GB required for the output page, Qimage still has to have enough memory to load the original image and process it... so that adds to the 2GB.

Mike


Title: Re: running out of memory printing to file
Post by: msadat on April 19, 2023, 04:37:45 PM
thx mike