I recently made the switch from PC to Mac and have noticed a difference in how the two platforms handle printing large files. Just for some background my PC was a single 2.8 dual-core processor with 4gb of memory and my Mac Pro is a dual 2.8 quad-core with 16gb of memory and I am printing to an Epson 7800.
On my PC I could print images that were 1 or 2 gigabytes in size, no problem. Now on my Mac when I send files that big they just disappear before they reach the print queue. I've found that the limit is around 500-600 mb and anything bigger just won't go through.
Does anyone else have this problem or know of a workaround? I called Epson support and the guy on the phone told me to "Get a PC" if I want to print big files. This confused me because it doesn't seem logical that my Mac Pro, which is heads and shoulders more powerful than my PC, couldn't handle sending these files to the printer.
Any input would be appreciated. Thanks.