gcoren Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Hey All, first time post here, I have an issue that drives me insane. When I print a layout with a PDF or an image in the viewport, the print job size inflates to some ridiculous size that is much larger than my referenced PDF/bmp/jpeg. For example, today I tried to print an 11x17 color layout with a google map aerial in the viewport. The referenced map, inserted as a jpeg using the xref manager, was approximately 500k in size. However, when I printed the layout, the print job inflated to 52MB, and would have taken almost 10 minutes to load at the printer. When I unload the image through the xref manager, the print job completes immediately, so I know its the image causing the issue. Does anybody have a solution, or have heard of this? Other Civil 3D users on my network do not have this inflation issue. This problem kills me when I have deadlines to meet and plans to print! Thanks everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobDraw Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 The answer lies in a setting that is different. Compare all the print settings within the printer settings between your computer and one that does not exhibit the bloating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcoren Posted October 17, 2013 Author Share Posted October 17, 2013 Rob, thanks, you're right. I combed through all of my print settings outside of AutoCAD last night and found that my printer port was different from my colleagues'. Sure enough, when I switched the port from a LAN to a TC/IP, the print jobs would still inflate to dramatic sizes, but they would transfer to the printer much faster (i.e., 50x). Therefore, instead of taking 20-25 minutes to spool a 150 MB print job, it takes ~25 seconds. No more need to worry about large print sizes if they are sent quickly. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Nice catch there RobDraw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CADMASTER1128 Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 This will be very helpful! We recently had a project that is 107 pages... Took forever to printer. I am looking to see if this could fix it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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