Super Large Files to print

[bob carnie]

This question is for those of you who are currently printing very large files.

Currently to date, I have been able to print 1.8 gig files directly through PS to print driver on Canon. I am being asked about super sized
files .. 7 gigs and bigger...

any experience printing with such large files and if so how are you doing it??

thanks Bob

[paulbarden]

This question is for those of you who are currently printing very large files.

Currently to date, I have been able to print 1.8 gig files directly through PS to print driver on Canon. I am being asked about super sized
files .. 7 gigs and bigger...

any experience printing with such large files and if so how are you doing it??

thanks Bob

Hi Bob,
This may or may not be meaningful: some of my 8x10 scanned/edited files are as large as 3 gig in size, and I can send them from Lightroom6 to my Canon printer without any problem. I googled for "What is the largest file Lightroom can send to a printer?" and basically got nothing relevant. Why not manufacture a HUGE file for yourself and see if it can be sent to your printer?

[bob carnie]

Hi Paul

I lock up my workflow at about 1.8 gigs to printer. I am hoping someone who prints directly from PS to a print driver can help. My printer supports 16 bit and 8 bit.. I am talking about a 8bit 1.8gig file seems to be my max

[Joshua Dunn]

I print on my 60" Canon printer files above 6GB using the Canon interface via Photoshop. It just depends on the printer and the interface. When I used to print on an 44" Epson 9800 series I would have all sorts of problems with files above a few Gb. How large do you want to print? Which Canon are you printing on? Are these Photoshop files or tiffs?

-Joshua

[faberryman]

Could the issue be the amount of memory you have on your computer available for the print cache?

[faberryman]

Could the issue be the amount of memory you have available for the print cache? Which Mac are you running and how much memory do you have?

[bob carnie]

I print on my 60" Canon printer files above 6GB using the Canon interface via Photoshop. It just depends on the printer and the interface. When I used to print on an 44" Epson 9800 series I would have all sorts of problems with files above a few Gb. How large do you want to print? Which Canon are you printing on? Are these Photoshop files or tiffs?

-Joshua

Joshua I am using a Canon IPF 9400 direct from PHotoshop to the printer. Tiff files

[bob carnie]

Could the issue be the amount of memory you have available for the print cache? Which Mac are you running and how much memory do you have?

Yes , I am using a older mac tower , I have a ramped up Mac tower that is really heavy duty but have not put it into production yet.

Here Frank

Hardware Overview:

Model Name: Mac Pro
Model Identifier: MacPro2,1
Processor Name: Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed: 3 GHz
Number Of Processors: 2
Total Number Of Cores: 8
L2 Cache (per processor): 8 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 1.33 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MP21.007F.B06
SMC Version (system): 1.15f3
Serial Number (system): 1572106FUPZ
Hardware UUID: 00000000-0000-1000-8000-0019E3F8DF8E

[bob carnie]

I will post the specs of the newer tower shortly

[faberryman]

I am no expert, but my guess is that the 4GB memory may be your bottleneck. I know LR/PS CC runs on 2GB, but 8GB is recommended.