[Qgis-user] qgis and Large Format Print

[Bernhard Ströbl]

I did not thoroughly check now but as far as I remember
- with big rasters: yes (only vectors: no)
- WMS: yes (have to try again with new tile-option in 1.8)
- all printers and pdf/png export
- QGIS fails

We normlly print in pdf (freePDF or PDFCreator)
formats: anything larger than A1

Bernhard


Am 16.11.2012 09:26, schrieb Andreas Neumann:
> The important thing would be to find out in what situation the printing
> fails?
>
> * Is it related to big rasters?
> * Are WMS used?
> * Is it failing on all printer or only certain printers?
> * Is the printer failing (some printers rund out of memory if you send
> big files) or is QGIS failing?
>
> There are so many unknowns that it is kind of hard to find out where
> exactly the printing fails.
>
> I do not print large formats too often, but I don't remember having
> problems often. We print with an old HP Designjet.
>
> Andreas
>
> On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 08:55:50 +0100, Bernhard Ströbl wrote:
>> Am 16.11.2012 08:32, schrieb Luca Manganelli:
>>> Il 15/11/2012, qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org ha scritto:
>>>
>>>> Unfortunately, in many Public Administrations here in Italy, the
>>>> upgrade
>>>> cycle for hardware is not so fast, so for several years we expect to
>>>> have still 32 bits (or 64 bit installed with 32 bit win).
>>>> In any case, I guess a 64 bit win build is not yet available, right?
>>>> So, in short, it would be good to have an idea wheter it is possible to
>>>> find a solution also for 32's.
>>>> Marco, any idea?
>>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> I can confirm this situation. Many corporate machines are still
>>> running 32
>>> bit operating system (Windows XP) because they must guarantee
>>> compatibility
>>> with certain old software.
>>>
>>> It's not a good excuse to say "go to 64 bit!" because for years
>>> ArcMap was
>>> able to print very large and complex (A0 format and beyond) maps on
>>> PC with
>>> only 2GB of RAM.
>>>
>>
>> The print problems on Win32 are a major drawback here as large format
>> plans are needed.
>> Just to illustrate what Luca wrote: We are a city administration
>> running around 1200 PCs with some 500+ applications on WinXP. Hardware
>> is less a problem (almost all machines will be 64 bit next year) than
>> to ensure compatibility of _all_ applications with Win64. This needs
>> intense testing and negotiations with software companies and thus -
>> time.
>>
>> Bernhard
>>
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