[reportlab-users] reportlab-users Digest, Vol 63, Issue 10

[stephan0h at gmx.net]

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> Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:09:32 +0100

> From: Paul Barrass <paul.barrass at safeonlinebilling.com>

> Subject: Re: [reportlab-users] Memory Error

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> stephan0h at gmx.net wrote:

>> Hi Group,

>>

>> I've got an memory error:

>>    content = f.encode(content)

>>   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/reportlab/pdfbase/pdfdoc.py", 

>> line 716, in encode

>>     text = _AsciiBase85Encode(text)

>> MemoryError

>>

>> I use Reportlab to create a kind of photo album. The one I tried to 

>> create is about 100 pages, the images are 300 dpi.

>>

>> Any ideas?

>>

> How much memory are you trying to use, and how much do you actually

> have?  top would answer both of these questions whilst running the script.

> 

> What format are the images in, and how well are they compressed?

> 

> Paul Barrass.


I watched the script: I've got 2 GB ram in my machine, this is used up, 
swapping begins. Then at some point I get this error.

The images are jpegs.


thanks,
stephan