• I want to thank all the members that have upgraded your accounts. I truly appreciate your support of the site monetarily. Supporting the site keeps this site up and running as a lot of work daily goes on behind the scenes. Click to Support Signs101 ...

hello to all. question on plt files and prm?

ironchef

New Member
I know about plt. That's for omega. But why does it make a copy in prm? Is their a way i can stop that? Or is it like a back up thing going on? I'm lost.
 

Tony Teveris

New Member
A PRM (parameter) file is created by GspPlot when you rip(output) to a device. It's a file that contains all your cutting/printing setup that you laid out in GspPlot.

If you reopen a PLT file with no changes and a PRM file exist GspPlot will use the setup defined in the PRM file, if the PLT file is newer then the parameter setup will be your GspPlot preferences.
 

ironchef

New Member
English please. Hahaha. I been using ga for years. Omega now for a year. But i don't speak computer. I went to college to be a chef.
 

Fred Weiss

Merchant Member
You can delete the PRM but you may miss it the first time there's a repeat of the job and you have to setup all your profile and plot parameters again. It will save all the various setting in the GSPPlot program such as repeats, gaps, and the file names of any images that were ripped into the four process colors. Having the PRM file provides greater assurance that your print will look identical the second time to the first time.

The only valid reason to delete a PRM file is if it prints with a defect and you want a totally fresh outputting of the file. PRM files are automatically saved in the same folder as the PLT file.
 
Top