printing problems (again)

[Craig McPherson]

Disregard. I found the problem: a tiny bit too much data on the layout when
the layout was set to keep certain items together. What a relief and I
should have known better. Now I have added a note in the .ModifyRecord
procedure to speak bad words to myself if I ever put too much data for the
layout.
Sorry for my earlier rant.
Craig McPherson

On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 11:58 AM, Craig McPherson <
cdpublishing at qwestoffice.net> wrote:

> 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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