Photoshop memory

[EricCamper]

Photoshop CS5... I have an 81 meg psd file... When I open it up, PSD is using over 5 gigs of memory... it is a site plan that I am coloring up,

It is a 24x36 at 150 dpi file... not big at all, but for some reason photoshop wont print... I cant change the settings, etc... weird... any ideas...

I have 8 gigs of memory, and win xp 64... thanx all

[dlparisi]

No idea why it won't print (the memory figures don't sound too off to me). Why not just save a jpg or tiff, restart PS, and then print the jpg?

[Dariusz Makowski (Dadal)]

Maybe because the printer dont have enought onboard memory to print what u ask to print?

[EricCamper]

Nah... its just that PS seems to always use more memory than I think it should... The print dialog box wont save the changes and this file doesnt seem any larger than I normally use. Win XP 64 blows in my opinion. lol... just gotta upgrade...

[simmsimaging]

Nah... its just that PS seems to always use more memory than I think it should... The print dialog box wont save the changes and this file doesnt seem any larger than I normally use. Win XP 64 blows in my opinion. lol... just gotta upgrade...

Could be some preferences in Pshop slowing you down a bit (history states, memory allocation) but 5GB is pretty big for a Photoshop file on an 8gb machine. I'm curious how you are getting up to 5GB from 81mb though: you must have a bagful of layers...?

[stef.thomas]

Check under options and make sure your scratch disk location is set to a hard drive partition with plenty free space.

[Dariusz Makowski (Dadal)]

Try opening file in Paint and printing from there - that should rule out when ever its photoshop or not issue...