Do all my design in Illustrator CS3 on a mac, import all my files into Omega 2.6.1 ( on our PC) for output onto an Edge FX.. Working with the files to get them finalized for output in Omega has got to be the most painful experience of my life.. that program is so slow I want to poke my eyes out... we're talkin 3 painful hours hours to send a 13mb file to the edge for output.. Our PC has the Intel Quad 2.4 Q6600 chip w/4gb ram, so its not exactly a boat anchor.. Also run Intel quad 2.66 Mac Pro w/12GB ram..Looking for alternatives?? Would be awesome to get something to work on our $6000 apple... The new Sign Lab 8 looks pretty sweet.. Does this work on a mac?? any feedback // input about the perks/benfits of each and speed performance etc.. Not sure how much longer I can handle workin on a PC especially with a program that seems so 1977..
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Omega VS. Sign Lab
- Thread starter Brend-O
- Start date
Fred Weiss
Merchant Member
If it's taking 3 hours to send a 13 mb file to your Edge you have something wrong with your stup on on your network. We drive our 1998 Edge LE from a directly connected LPT port on an AMD single core average PC. If we were to RIP a 13 mb file, it would take 3 to 5 minutes including the saving of the separations.
$6000 apple is worth every last penny.. 
... The files are pretty detailed custom vector graphics with lots of small objects to process... not just a 13mb enter and exit sign file.. The 3 hours is the time it takes once the file is all ready for print in plot and you hit send to device for print.. it has to convert to spool file or whatever.. In Composer I can't even view the file in preview mode to make sure all gradients/halftones.overprints are correct as it takes forever to load all the elements, nevermind even zooming in or panning the screen as it has to reload all over again everytime.. I need to know if anyone has experience with SignLab and how it compares to omega...
... The files are pretty detailed custom vector graphics with lots of small objects to process... not just a 13mb enter and exit sign file.. The 3 hours is the time it takes once the file is all ready for print in plot and you hit send to device for print.. it has to convert to spool file or whatever.. In Composer I can't even view the file in preview mode to make sure all gradients/halftones.overprints are correct as it takes forever to load all the elements, nevermind even zooming in or panning the screen as it has to reload all over again everytime.. I need to know if anyone has experience with SignLab and how it compares to omega...Tony Teveris
New Member
Brend-O can you email me the PLT file(s) you are having problems with. I'd like to see what you are dealing with. When you select all the objects in the file how many are there?
WhiskeyDreamer
Professional Snow Ninja
i'm agreeing with fred on this....i've run some very large files (with images and vector) and have never had an issue when the files send to the edge (i have an le like fred).....i think the most i've waited was ten minutes....NEVER three hours....i'd take tony up on his offer to look at the file....
