Random VersaWorks lockup?

[jasonx]

Hey Jason, any lock ups since then mate?

I've been lock up free since the above changes.

In addition to the above, I also put my pagefile on a different drive, and fixed the size of it so that it isn't made bigger and smaller all the time by the system (apparently this can fragment it and slow things down too).

I've been dealing with some big files the last week or so as well so it's re-assuring that there haven't been any lock ups/hangs.

I've had one crash. The only change I made was to change the preview setting in Versaworks to low.

I'll check my page file size as well.

 

[Custom_Grafx]

one crash isn't too bad I hope? is it better than before or too early to tell?

here's the info on the page file optimisation...

http://www.petri.co.il/pagefile_optimization.htm

 

[dhawkes]

RVW support document

Hello,

There are a lot of things that can affect VersaWorks performance - or any software for that mattter. Recently, a document has been posted on Roland's support page to help with this issue. Please take a look and see if there is anything that may be of help.

http://support.rolanddga.com/docs/D...nuals and Guides/RVW_TroubleshootingCrash.pdf

Best regards,

David Hawkes
Group Product Manager
Roland DGA

 

[Custom_Grafx]

David that's great - Thanks very much - I'll be adding to the library.

You guys have great support docs. Much appreciated.

When I read it could be a resources issue, I started looking into ways of minimising load on the machine - the things I have mentioned above have sped VW up significantly. Especially changing the monitor proofing to low quality. The page file optimisation has sped up my system in general.

 

[bayviewsignworks]

Little late to the discussion here but what I found was when I do a big tile job you can only do a sometimes one tile at a time; even with RIP while printing on. I also find if the panels are too big for the media, meaning if you're in Clip/Tile and you're clicked on Manual (by default) the width size there in "W" will sometimes override the actual printable width (say if you're using 48" media and the max width is 47.25, the Manual width might be 47.56"). If you've only selected one tile to print and hit RIP and it gives that message, go back to Clip/Tile, you might find ALL the tiles are lined up to print again. Short story is sometimes it's better to use "Number of Tiles" (which acts more like "manual" to me) and set the number of tiles yourself. You don't have control over the media width but you know what you're going to get. Also, the overlap setting needs some extra width to work, meaning if you're pretty close to using the max media width you might need to make a smaller panel. I also toggle back and forth to "Job Management" as that gives you a preview of what is going to print, regarding the width.