printing problems (again)

[Craig McPherson]

I am again having trouble printing out a large file to pdf. The file  
should print out a book of about 500 pages, but I get the spinning  
beachball forever.
I have:
   zapped the form using Utilties Zap Page Setup
   set the form to 72 dpi
   double checked to make sure layout parts are within the boundaries  
of the tiles
   tried printing to pdf with 72 dpi NOT checked: I did get a pdf to  
generate, however there are large gaps/white spaces in the resulting  
print throughout the document, for instance page 4 has only a few  
lines of data at the top of the page and few at the bottom with the  
gap in between; p[age 26 has similar gaps etc.. I cannot figure out  
why these white gaps appear...but obviously they are unacceptable.
   Another oddity: while the beach ball is spinning after ten minutes  
or more and I force quit, I get a message in the first force quit  
dialog box that indicates 'Panorama (not reponding).'
   Also, while the beachball is spinning: If I control-tab away from  
Panorama to the finder, and then control-tab to go back to Panorama,  
Panorama is indicated on the menu bar as the 'active' program BUT the  
finder window remains 'on top' and clicking over a Panorama window  
does not bring it to the front...I remain stuck with the finder  
window foremost.

Also tried to print a prior edition of the book/Pan file to pdf...a  
version which did print successfully 6 months ago...also failed.
   When I delete all but the first 35 pages, the resulting .pdf does  
not have gaps on pages 4, 26 etc. Same file, same layout, just  
stripped of records after page 35....

Also tried reconfiguring the memory allocation, setting it to  
128M...didn't help

It is extremely frustrating to spend months on a project only to have  
printing problems like this. Single page forms, other forms of  
several pages print fine. I have no idea what to do...suggestions  
much appreciated.
Craig McPherson
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