Why Does Quark increase the file size when printing to Color Pass Z-40

[0110]

I use 4.1 and 5.0 and my OS is XP. Every time a send a Quark File to the Cannon ColorPass z-40 printer, it takes forever to rip. A Document that is 11 megs, turns out to be 45 megs when ripping to the printer. Is there a reason why adding photos increases the file size so dramatically, even when the images are linked. Any suggestions to how to fix why Quark takes forever to print on this printer.

Also what is ASV file, it appears everytime a print, and then it goes away.

Thanks
Carrie

 

[jimoblak]

The 11 MB document does not (or should not) really contain image data, only links to the images elsewhere on your computer. The file size sent to the printer is the data contained in the QXD plus the linked images. There may be times when the RIP file is smaller than the QXD file. It just depends on the content of the QXD file and what needs to be rasterized in the RIP. Some folks RIP files well over a GB.

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[0110]

But my issue is that I have a Quark Document that is 1 meg, when I send it to the ColorPass Printer, and look at it through the dialog box, its 10 megs and it rips one kilobyte at a time, which takes it forever to print out. Is there some kind of setting that needs to set. I'm now looking to update the driver for the ColorPass, but it works with every program except Quark.

Thanks

 

[jimoblak]

I am not familiar with that particular printer but I suppose that the filename that you see in the dialog box does not mean that you are really sending that QXD file (in the native QXD format) to the printer. The printer is not opening the QXD file directly: the printer is processing the postscript created from QuarkXPress. The filename may only appear in the dialog box as a means of naming the job that is being processed.

Regarding the slowness... check to be certain that you have the current PPD installed and selected. Experiment with sending data as binary instead of ascii (or the other way around). Check your image usage so that the images are not bloated in size and that they are CMYK. Converting RGB to CMYK in the RIP process may add time.

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