Re: Why is PDFing sometimes quick and sometimes glacial?

[Bart Windrum <bart.windrum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Thomas,

systemically I typically have 100MB unused RAM 'laying' around. I use the
same driver/method/FM+Distiller options to PDF (don't touch Distiller, it's
backgrounded). No network; all local. That leaves reading/writing resources
or the moon according to your list:)

On 6/13/02 9:20 AM, "Thomas Michanek" <thomas.michanek@iar.se> wrote:

>> I've got a 130 page book that sometimes PDFs in 2 minutes and
>> I've had it take as long as 12. How come?
> 
> I think this is fairly impossible to answer without more info...
> Maybe you had more applications running, or a background job of some
> kind? Maybe the system were running low on disk space or virtual memory?
> Did you use exactly the same method to create the PDF?
> Did you use exactly the same print options and distiller job options?
> Perhaps the PostScript driver settings differed?
> If any of the files making up the book (including graphics and insets)
> or the temporary PostScript file(s) or the resulting PDF file(s)
> are located on a network, any network problem or heavy traffic could
> affect the time it takes to read or write the file(s).
> 
> The most probable cause, if everything in the FM/Acrobat/driver setup
> is the same, is either a network problem or a lack of resources reading
> or writing the temporary files created during PDF creation.
> 
> BTW, have you checked the phase of the moon when it happens? :-)


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