[Qgis-user] qgis and Large Format Print

[Andreas Neumann]

Hi Pedro,

Was this on a 32bit or 64bit Linux system?

Andreas

Am 25.11.2012 20:15, schrieb Pedro Venâncio:
> Hi Régis,
> 
> I did here some tests with your data, your project and your composer (project_qgismaster_2613cf6.qgs).
> 
> I did exports to pdf vector up to 1200dpi (the generated pdf got 99.1MB) without any problems (nor tiling, nor crashes).
> 
> Regarding the export to pdf raster, everything worked well up to 500dpi (the generated pdf got 21.1MB). The three times I tried with 600dpi, qgis crashed.
> 
> I'm with QGIS master on Xubuntu 12.04, on a 6 years old laptop (Intel Core2 T5500 at 1.66GHz CPU and 2x1GB DDR2 at 533 SDRAM).
> 
> The processor was several times at 100% and RAM in export to pdf raster was also close to 100%.
> 
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> Pedro Venâncio
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: haubourg 
> 
> Hi All,
> I tried to create a common environnement to help us test and reproduce
> thoses crashes. 
> Please find a zip  (220Mo) with datas and qgs projects here, complete test
> report and screen captures of CPU/Memory state:
> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/zg4zidwab83ym0d/VpxPA3euLI/QGIS_CRASH_COMPOSER
> <https://www.dropbox.com/sh/zg4zidwab83ym0d/VpxPA3euLI/QGIS_CRASH_COMPOSER>  
> 
> here are my firsts conclusions:
> 
> - Making a fresh install of latest master with no plugin or setting *do not
> often lead to crash (once only for 20-30 exports), since when pdf or image
> raster if resolution is > 300 dpi, then printing just.. does nothing except
> creating an empty pdf.* 
> Two months ago, I had QGis computing several minutes and leading to a crash.
> *Something has changed! No crash, but still no usable export *
> 
> - PDF Vector export has a 'tiling' issue of raster background. It seems to
> consume less ressources than raster printing. 
> 
> - image export do warn user if memory usage is high. PDF export should do
> the same. BUT, image export warns you, and does nothing.. just like pdf
> export. no image is generated 
> 
> 
> I would be pleased to have some feedbacks on your platforms and versions..
> We reallly need to consolidate exports. Mapping in QGIS is really often
> dedicated to export and printing.. We need it stable. 
> Régis
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