batch - printing collapses RAM ...

[Peter2]

I selected 428 TIF files and started "batch plot". After 40 min and 312 plots there was "Game over".

Using of memory increased slowly, but constantly from 500 MB to 2000 MB, and at the end the "print file" message stayed displayed without printing any more. Closing XNView displayed a crash-message (sorry, I forgot the contents) and reduced memory usage to 600 MB. (I have installed 2 GB RAM).

It seems that XnView does not clean / release (???) the memory.

Regards

Peter

[xnview]

I selected 428 TIF files and started "batch plot". After 40 min and 312 plots there was "Game over".

Print of these files?

[Peter2]

Print of these files?

Yes - for me "print" and "plot" are used equal. Now I modified the title of posting.

More detail of RAM-usage:
Start Xnview (in folder with 428 TIFs, displaying Thumbnails": 18 MB (virtual: 15 MB)
Selecting 117 files: 63 MB (virtual: 59 MB)
After printing all files: 1000 MB

Regards

Peter

[xnview]

Is it possible to have a TIF file?

[Peter2]

Is it possible to have a TIF file?

Yes, I will you later. But it is nothing special: TIF, made from Scan, BW, LZW-compression, original size between A4 and A2, sometimes larger.

Next try:
XNView stopping after 342 files
Memory used: 5 MB, 1533 MB virtual

Peter

[Peter2]

BTW: How to cancel a "batch printing"? The button "Cancel" on dialogue "Printing on Printer Spooling ..." has no result - or only effect on current image?

Peter

[Peter2]

It is very interessting ..

TIF: 350 kB
I took a bw-tif (400 dpi, CCITT Group 4) and a color tif (300 dpi, 8 bit, RGB), copied it each 50 times and made hundred batch-prints.
Ricoh RPCS. Ricoh PCL, PDFCreator, HPT1100 increased the memory; HP755 not (this was very quick).

JPG: 450 kB
printing 50 files - it was much quicker then TIF and changed nothing in memory

Peter

[xnview]

TIF: 350 kB
I took a bw-tif (400 dpi, CCITT Group 4) and a color tif (300 dpi, 8 bit, RGB), copied it each 50 times and made hundred batch-prints.
Ricoh RPCS. Ricoh PCL, PDFCreator, HPT1100 increased the memory; HP755 not (this was very quick).

And if you use another software?

[Peter2]

And if you use another software?

You mean for TIF-printing? Or for common-batch-printing?

Peter

[xnview]

And if you use another software?

You mean for TIF-printing? Or for common-batch-printing?

Batch tif printing

[Peter2]

Batch tif printing

At the moment I don?t know which software I should use ....??? Any idea?
I don't have IrfanView, but maybe my VPRaster batch prozessor will make it.

Peter

[Peter2]

...but maybe my VPRaster batch prozessor will make it.

Peter

Yes, I made it: 50 BW and 50 colors, memory changes between 80 and 130 MB, but returns always to 80 MB.

Peter

[xnview]

So could you send me a TIF file?

[Peter2]

Yes, I sent it one hour ago.

I also tried to "Batch convert 100 tifs" - there was no problem with memory.

Peter

[xnview]

Yes, I sent it one hour ago.
I also tried to "Batch convert 100 tifs" - there was no problem with memory.

Ok, i've found the problem!!!