Large print spool file

Post Author: Greg Drauch
CA Forum: .NET
We are using the version of CR that came bundled with VS 2003 and are having a problem printing some reports. These particular reports are about 3000 pages long and end up taking up between 3 and 4 GB of space on the print server when using CR. The same reports running through Active Reports (from Data Dynamics) only took about 100 MB or so. Is this an issue with the VS 2003 version of CR? Is it fixed in a later version? Our app is done in C#.
Any feedback that anyone can provide will be very helpful. We have had to stop or process of converting everything to CR until this is solved.
Thanks,
Greg Drauch

I have read so many conflicting answers to how necessary it is to "de-frag" these drives, what's your take on this ?
It's reported that OSX defrags itself over time, but only on files over a certain size, (20 MB?).
With as much free space as you have, it's not all that important to defrag. That being said, I'm a tinkering freak, and whenever I defrag, I see improved performance, but a lot of it has to do with my slower drives & Macs, SATA shows less improvement by defraging. If you get less than 20% free space Degragging will have more effect, but for a short time of course.
We still haven't found your problem, so I'd get Applejack...
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/19596
After installing, reboot holding down CMD+s, then when the DOS like prompt shows, type in...
applejack AUTO
Then let it do all 5 of it's things.
At least it'll eliminate some questions if it doesn't fix it.
The 5 things it does are...
Correct any Disk problems.
Repair Permissions.
Clear out Cache Files.
Repair/check several plist files.
Dump the VM files for a fresh start.
Sometimes 2 or 3 restarts will be required for full benefit... my guess is files relying upon other files relying upon other files!

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I have a Mac Pro with 10.5.2 - and I print with 3 large Epson printers.
I had a print that started to print (Photoshop CS3)- and I saw that it was not what I wanted. I canceled the print in the Epson icon (on the dock) - and I shut down the printer and reset it.
But, when I turned the printer back on, the print started again.
Where is the file that holds prints - the printer que or printer spool file - on the Mac?
I have looked everywhere, and I cannot find such a folder anywhere. Anyone know where it is??
I used the CUPS tool
http://127.0.0.1:631/printers
to finally get rid of it, but I still would like to know where that file is kept.
Dick

Unfortunately, even though when Apple announced Handoff and Continuity and said Bluetooth 4.X was required, not all Macs with Bluetooth 4+ are compatible with Handoff. If the checkbox in System Preferences -> General isn't there, your Mac isn't compatible with Handoff. You can confirm that by going to "About This Mac" under the Apple Menu and then selecting "System Report." Then select Bluetooth in the upper left and see if your Mac is Handoff compatible. I'm typing this reply on a 2011 MacBook Air with Bluetooth 4.3.1 and running Yosemite but it's not compatible with Handoff.
You still will be able to make and receive phone calls on your Mac as long as your iPhone is within Bluetooth range. You can set that up in the FaceTime preferences. That's part of Continuity.
I have seen some instructions + software on the Web to enable continuity on Macs with Bluetooth 4+ that otherwise aren't compatible with Handoff. You'll have to do a web search if that's something you're interested in learning about.
Wish I had better news.

Where is my Printer Spool file ?

I have a Mac Pro with 10.5.2 - and I print with 3 large Epson pritners.
I had a print that started to print (Photoshop CS3)- and I saw that it was not what I wanted. I canceled the print in the Epson icon (on the dock) - and I shut down the printer and reset it.
But, when I turned the printer back on, the print started again.
Where is the file that holds prints - the printer que or printer spool file - on the Mac?
I have looked everywhere, and I cannot find such a folder anywhere. Anyone know where it is??
I used the CUPS tool
http://127.0.0.1:631/printers
to finally get rid of the print, but I still would like to know where that file is kept.
Dick

Whenever you print to a printer through Leopard, the printer you are printing to will show up in the dock. Click this icon and it will open you Printer Queue. You can also go to Print & Fax Preference Pane. Select your printer and then click Open Queue. Select the print job that is in the queue and click the delete button.
D.

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thanks so much for helping, but I need to fix this. Yes, I'm finding what seems to be the same wierd files each time I give the print command for a pic. problem is, I have to stop the print spooler, then delete the two files, but then I can onlly print a doc. if I try to print a pic, it happens again. the hp printer will not cancel the doc. and it will not let me print another until I clear the print spooler file. I tried resizing the pic, but the same thing happened again. I have deleted all adobe stuff from my c: disk, figure I'll down load it later. Any other ideas? I'm going to HP noiw, wish me luck.

Printer spool files in v11 vs v8?

Why does Acrobat version 11 create spool files that are up to 10 times larger than version 8 for the same document? Version 11 is running on Mac )S 10.8.3, version 8 running on 10.5.8. Both print to a shared laser printer on a windows server, and usually the v11 file will never print - it just gets dumped.
Any clues?
Thanks

The same thing happened to me:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=662944#662944
But To be honest (and I dont know if this really had anything to do with it)... The tech support at apple said that the print server had to be stopped when you create a print queue. I hadn't, I shut the server down trashed and recreated my queues since then everything has been working lovely.

Decrease print spool file size generated by PS CS5 Mac OS 10.6.8?

Hi,
Certain big/hi-res Photoshop (CS5) documents - sent from a 2010 era Intel Mac to an older HP 1200dpi Laserjet (LJ 2100M/HPs PostScript, standard HP/Apple drivers) - were taking forever to print.
In one case, for example, a 6MB on disk, Grayscale 8 bit, 109MB/40MB "doc size" .psd, when printed from Photoshop, generated a 135833k spool file.
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Am I missing something?
Thanks for any comments or suggestions.

The plug-in is there but no twain interface for the scanner appears as an option under file import in PS
you answered your own question -- Adobe will point the finger at Epson, and Epson will call Adobe out for breaking their driver -- but the 1250 is how old
this question gets answered here a couple times a month, and there are many web articles explaining the problem in more detail...
the short answer is scan in the stand alone scanning software (ViewScan may solve your issue)
most notably, that approach keeps Ps running in 64 bit and keeps it freed up to continue working while that ancient scanner chugs away
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Too big Printer spooler file

Hi,
I'm using PrintJob Class to print and I have the problem that the files the program build in the spooler printer are too big ( 2MB/page A4), I think the problem could be in the font that I'm using but I don't know why because I'm using "Courier New". I do:
PrintJob pg = new PrintJob(...);
Font fon = new Font("courier new", Font.PLAIN, 12);
Graphics gra = pg.getGraphics();
gra.setFont(fon);
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Thanks in advance!!
Salvador Huertas.

You seem focused on the difference between 33 megabytes binary and a 44 megabytes transfer — the messages have to be encoded as SMTP mail was never intended as a binary transfer mechanism — mail servers transfer printable text messages — and the text-encoded attached binary files are inherently going to be larger than the original files.
You're going to have to raise the mail server limits (which requires administrative access to the mail server), or find an alternate means of transferring the file — mail servers aren't very efficient at large transfers, large files tend to blow out mail server storage quotas, and blow out mail files. Or chunk up the file into smaller files, send the chunks independently, and then concatenate the file remotely. (There are tools around to do this — at the command line, have a look at the zipsplit tool — but I'd generally discourage this approach as it adds effort and complexity to the process.)
The usual approach is a file transfer service. Dropbox or SpiderOak or some other file hosting or file transfer service are the most common approaches here, and are also more efficient than the overhead involved with large attachments sent via a mail server. Many of these file-hosting services offer more than enough storage here, and often as part of a free service tier.
Some folks can and do run their own file-hosting services, but that generally involves configuring and managing a server system and the associated network connections.

Printer spooler service

printer spooler service stop on windows 7 starter and when i start the service it stop again ????????

Clear Printer Spooler Files and Enable the Spooler Service
=================================
1. Click Start, type "Services.msc" (without the quotation marks) in the Search box and press Enter.
2. Double-click "Printer Spooler" in the Services list.
3. Click Stop and click OK.
4. Click Start, type "%WINDIR%\system32\spool\printers" in the Start Search box and press Enter, delete all files in this folder.
5. Click Start, type "Services.msc" (without the quotation marks) in the Start Search box and press Enter.
6. Double-click "Printer Spooler" in the Services list.
7. Click on Start. In the Startup Type list, make sure that "Automatic" is selected and click
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/fd7f46d3-baa1-4a38-9ad3-dec5426d9297/print-spooler-keeps-stopping-on-windows-7?forum=w7itproperf

Print spooler keeps stopping on Windows 7

I have an HP desktop computer running Windows 7 it has an HP photosmart Printer and an Kodak AIO 5500 attached to it and shared over the network. Everything is fine with the HP printer but every time I try to print to the Kodak the print spooler keeps
stopping. I have tried many of the work arounds I have found but nothing helps. Every time I try to print to the KOdak I have to wait until after I have made all the print option and then I have to start the spooler. The firmware and software is up to
date on the Kodak printer. How can I fix this?

Hi,
I would like to suggest you perform the following steps to troubleshoot the issue.
Clear Printer Spooler Files and Enable the Spooler Service
=================================
1. Click Start, type "Services.msc" (without the quotation marks) in the Search box and press Enter.
2. Double-click "Printer Spooler" in the Services list.
3. Click Stop and click OK.
4. Click Start, type "%WINDIR%\system32\spool\printers" in the Start Search box and press Enter, delete all files in this folder.
5. Click Start, type "Services.msc" (without the quotation marks) in the Start Search box and press Enter.
6. Double-click "Printer Spooler" in the Services list.
7. Click on Start. In the Startup Type list, make sure that "Automatic" is selected and click OK.
Does it work?
Regards,
Arthur Li - MSFT
Thanks Arthur. Your solution worked for me and I now have both my printers back in use. I am using Windows 7 and IE9. Suspect that clicking the Print button on an internet site yesterday when reserving an item for collection at the local outlet of
a national high street retailer may have caused the problem.

Print spooler issues with windows 8

printer stopped when i switched to windows 8.
error message telling me print spooler is not functioning
unable to get it to function...every probram indicates that printer is working properly, yet it shows that I have no printer installed and my printer cannot be found or activated no matter what I do.
Joseph J Grech

Hi,
If updating the printer driver cannot fix the issue, please also try the following steps:
Clear Printer Spooler Files and Enable the Spooler Service
=================================
1. Run "Services.msc" (without the quotation marks).
2. Double-click "Printer Spooler" in the Services list.
3. Click Stop and click OK.
4. Navigate to "%WINDIR%\system32\spool\printers", delete all files in this folder.
5. Run "Services.msc" (without the quotation marks).
6. Double-click "Printer Spooler" in the Services list.
7. Click on Start. In the Startup Type list, make sure that "Automatic" is selected and click OK.
Regards,
Arthur Li
TechNet Community Support

HP 2025dn print spooler shows large shocklwave file, prints slow as molasses

My fairly new HP 2025dn prints powerpoint slides very, very slowly, especially as compared to what the speeds I was led to believe I would see with this model.
On one forum where I found a similar complaint, a respondent gave instructions for checking out the print spooler to see if there was a hidden file impeding the flow.
I don't think there is, but what is now puzzling me is that when I print a page that is, say, 200kb, while the print job is running the print spooler dialogue folder is showing two files present-- an SHD file of 11kb, and a Shockwave Flash Object that is much larger (2.2MB) than the file actual size of the file that I'm printing.
Is there a fix to this-- either via the print spooler, the driver, or removing/compressing an item or object on the page that would speed up the agonizingly slow printing speed which I am experiencing?

Hi BillW1,
I would suggest to try the following:
Uninstall the software. Uninstalling the Printer Software.
Clean boot the computer. How to perform a clean boot in Windows.
Disable any Antivirus programs. Disable Antivirus software.
Disable any firewall programs. Windows Firewall from start to finish.
Create a new user account. Managing User Accounts and Logins (Windows 8).
Reinstall using the HP Printer Install Wizard for Windows.
If these steps do not resolve your issue proceed with backing up your files, and reinstalling Windows 8.
Hope this solves the problem, and have a good day!
RnRMusicMan
I work on behalf of HP
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HELP!! Very Large Spooling / File Size after Data Merge

My question is: If the image is the same and only the text is different why not use the same image over and over again?
Here is what happens...
Using CS3 and XP (P4 2.4Ghz, 1GB Ram, 256MB Video Card) I have taken a postcard pdf (the backside) placed it in a document, then I draw a text box. Then I select a data source and put the fields I wish to print (Name, address, zip, etc.) in the text box.
Now, under the Create Merged Document menu I select Multiple Records and then use the Multiple Records Layout tab to adjust the placement of this postcard on the page. I use the preview multiple records option to lay out 4 postcards on my page. Then I merge the document (it has 426 records).
Now that my merged document is created with four postcards per page and the mailing data on each card I go to print. When I print the file it spools up huge! The PDF I orginally placed in the document is 2.48 MB but when it spools I can only print 25 pages at a time and that still takes FOREVER. So again my question is... If the image is the same and only the text is different why not use the same image over and over again?
How can I prevent the gigantic spooling? I have tried putting the PDF on the master page and then using the document page to create the merged document and still the same result. I have also tried createing a merged document with just the addresses then adding the the pdf on the Master page afterward but again, huge filesize while spooling. Am I missing something? Any help is appreciated :)

The size of the EMF spool file may become very large when you print a document that contains lots of raster data
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Last Review : June 7, 2006
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SYMPTOMS
CAUSE
RESOLUTION
STATUS
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Steps to reproduce the problem
SYMPTOMS
When you print a document that contains lots of raster data, the size of the Enhanced Metafile (EMF) spool file may become very large. Files such as Adobe .pdf files or Microsoft Word .doc documents may contain lots of raster data. Adobe .pdf files and Word .doc documents that contain gradients are even more likely to contain lots of raster data.
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CAUSE
This problem occurs because Graphics Device Interface (GDI) does not compress raster data when the GDI processes EMF spool files and generates EMF spool files.
This problem is very prominent with printers that support higher resolutions. The size of the raster data increases by four times if the dots-per-inch (dpi) in the file increases by two times. For example, a .pdf file of 1 megabyte (MB) may generate an EMF spool file of 500 MB. Therefore, you may notice that the printing process decreases in performance.
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RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, bypass EMF spooling. To do this, follow these steps:1. Open the properties dialog box for the printer.
2. Click the Advanced tab.
3. Click the Print directly to the printer option.
Note This will disable all print processor-based features such as the following features: N-up
Watermark
Booklet printing
Driver collation
Scale-to-fit
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STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
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Steps to reproduce the problem
1. Open the properties dialog box for any inbox printer.
2. Click the Advanced tab.
3. Make sure that the Print directly to the printer option is not selected.
4. Click to select the Keep printed documents check box.
5. Print an Adobe .pdf document that contains many groups of raster data.
6. Check the size of the EMF spool file.

Creating spool file for Mass printing of smartforms

Hi all
My requirement is Mass printing of Development Plans,
In this case is i need to select all the smartforms depending upon the selection screen data.& i need to pass all the smartforms to newly created spool file..
how should I use TSP01 & Function Module 'GET_PRINT_PARAMETERS' for this smartform spool.
so can any body explain me in detail..
How to create spool ID, ?
how to create spool file in this case..??
How to pass smartform data to that new spool file../??
Any sample codes for this./??
Thanx in advance,
Regards,
Kalam A.

Check the links -
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Amit
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SFTP MGET of large files fails - connection closed - problem with spool file

I have a new SFTP job to get files from an FTP Server. The files are large (80mg, 150mg). I can get smaller files from the ftp site with no issue, but when attempting the larger files the job completes abnormally after 2 min 1 sec. each time. I can see the file is created on our local file system with 0 bytes, then when the FTP job fails, the 0 byte file is deleted.
Is there a limit to how large an ftp file can be in Tidal? How long an ftp job can run?
The error in the job audit is Problem with spool file for job XXXX_SFTPGet and an exit code of 127 (whatever that is).
In the log, the error is that the connection was closed. I have checked with the ftp host and their logs show that we are disconnecting unexpectedly also.
Below is an excerpt from the log
DEBUG [SFTPMessage] 6 Feb 2015 14:17:33.055 : Send : Name=SSH_FXP_STAT,Type=17,RequestID=12
DEBUG [SSH2Channel] 6 Feb 2015 14:17:33.055 : Transmit 44 bytes
DEBUG [ChannelDataWindow] 6 Feb 2015 14:17:33.055 : Remote window size decreased to 130808
DEBUG [PlainSocket] 6 Feb 2015 14:17:33.071 : RepeatCallback received 84 bytes
DEBUG [SSH2Connection] 6 Feb 2015 14:17:33.071 : ProcessPacket pt=SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_DATA
DEBUG [SFTPMessageFactory] 6 Feb 2015 14:17:33.071 : Received message (type=105,len=37)
DEBUG [SFTPMessageStore] 6 Feb 2015 14:17:33.071 : AddMessage(12) - added to store
DEBUG [SFTPMessage] 6 Feb 2015 14:17:33.071 : Reply : Name=SSH_FXP_ATTRS,Type=105,RequestID=12
DEBUG [SFTPMessage] 6 Feb 2015 14:17:33.071 : Send : Name=SSH_FXP_OPEN,Type=3,RequestID=13
DEBUG [SSH2Channel] 6 Feb 2015 14:17:33.071 : Transmit 56 bytes
DEBUG [ChannelDataWindow] 6 Feb 2015 14:17:33.071 : Remote window size decreased to 130752
DEBUG [PlainSocket] 6 Feb 2015 14:17:33.087 : RepeatCallback received 52 bytes
DEBUG [SSH2Connection] 6 Feb 2015 14:17:33.087 : ProcessPacket pt=SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_DATA
DEBUG [SFTPMessageFactory] 6 Feb 2015 14:17:33.087 : Received message (type=102,len=10)
DEBUG [SFTPMessageStore] 6 Feb 2015 14:17:33.087 : AddMessage(13) - added to store
DEBUG [SFTPMessage] 6 Feb 2015 14:17:33.087 : Reply : Name=SSH_FXP_HANDLE,Type=102,RequestID=13
DEBUG [SFTPMessage] 6 Feb 2015 14:17:33.087 : Send : Name=SSH_FXP_READ,Type=5,RequestID=14
DEBUG [SSH2Channel] 6 Feb 2015 14:17:33.087 : Transmit 26 bytes
DEBUG [ChannelDataWindow] 6 Feb 2015 14:17:33.087 : Remote window size decreased to 130726
DEBUG [PlainSocket] 6 Feb 2015 14:17:33.118 : RepeatCallback received 0 bytes
DEBUG [SFTPChannelReceiver] 6 Feb 2015 14:17:33.118 : Connection closed: (code=0)
ERROR [SFTPMessageStore] 6 Feb 2015 14:17:33.118 : Disconnected unexpectedly ( [errorcode=0])
ERROR [SFTPMessageStore] 6 Feb 2015 14:17:33.118 : EnterpriseDT.Net.Ftp.Ssh.SFTPException: [errorcode=0]
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ERROR [SFTPMessageStore] 6 Feb 2015 14:17:33.118 : at EnterpriseDT.Net.Ftp.Ssh.SFTPMessageStore.GetMessage(Int32 requestId)

I believe there is a limitation on FTP and what you are seeing is a timeout built into the 3rd party application that tidal uses (I feel like it was hardcoded and it would be a big deal to change but this was before Cisco purchased tidal) there may have been a tagent.ini setting that tweaks that but I can't find any details.
We wound up purchasing our own FTP software (ipswitch MOVEit Central & DMZ) because we also had the need to host as well as Get/Put to other FTP sites. It now does all our FTP and internal file delivery activity (we use it's api and call from tidal if we need to trigger inside a workflow)

Spool file size significantly larger in Reader X compared to Reader 7

I upgraded my computer to windows 7 recently and have since upgraded to Adobe Reader X as well. Previously i was using Adobe Reader 7. I have noticed that when i print a particular file through Reader X, it takes almost 10 over minutes to print the file. I downloaded and installed Adobe Reader 7 and that took only 3 minutes.
I am printing to a PS printer. I have noticed that the same file spools to a different file size for both readers. Reader X spools to 22MB while Reader 7 only spools to 3MB. If i select Print as Image in the advanced tab, it prints in 3 minutes for Reader X but at the expense of quality which is not acceptable. Does anyone knows why is this so? Is there somewhere i can read up to know what the difference is between the versions of Reader?
Thank you in advance.

I am having a similar problem also. I have Windows XP machine and we print a lot of PDF file through a print server and it takes a long tim to print depending on the size a 60 page document can take up to 20 min. I have loaded 10.1 reader to see if this would help and it hasn't. I been trying to figure out how to make the printing go faster but i am not having much luck. i have tried printing as image it didn't print faster. I trie Post script drivers it didn't print faster. It has to do so much rendering and then makes a hugh file to the print server. Example the file is 2 meg and it loads to 40 meg on the print server. I which someone could provide some guidance.

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