Harlequinâ„¢ Page Buffer files - can I delete them?!

[SIMON C]

Hi,

We have a Harlequin (Ryobi IVS) RIP for our press, it sets the ink ducts correctly with the ink information on the imposed job, once the job is printed then the RIPPED files are deleted.

However there is a folder holding nearly 60GB of .PGB files, I looked the extension up on the net, and they appear to be "Harlequinâ„¢ Page Buffer files". If they are job specific, then in theory they are not much use after the job has been printed, if we get a reprint we just use the imposed final PDF again to be ripped again.

So, do you think it's safe to delete all these buffer files and free up some hard disk space?

Thanks in advance

Simon

 

[Tommy B]

Page Buffers

Page Buffers

Why not play it safe and copy the contents to a DVD and store. Then delete them, if anything gliches just replace. Do not delete the folder

 

[Jim-CompuDoc]

Yes you can delete them. Also delete the index file. Do not delete the pagebuffers folder.

All the pages in the harlequin exist as *.pgb files in the pagebuffers folder, along with an index file that the rip uses to display the page names in the active and held queues.

Sometimes "orphan" pgb's get left in there.

Delete all the files in the active and held queues.
exit the rip software
delete everything in the pagebuffers folder.
restart the rip.

 

[maxon]

Correct. You should also delete the LOGFILE in the RIP /SW folder - quit the rip program, navigate to your rip /SW folder and trash that file because it grows a lot over time, then relaunch the rip.

 

[AndrewAA]

If you want to prevent the logfile from growing infinitely

open ..\SW\Config\GeneralPreferences in a text editor and change the line

/MaxLogfileSize 0

to

/MaxLogfileSize 5242880

to limit it to 5MB, for example.

 

[maxon]

Thanks for the tip

 

[prepressing]

The logfile has a size limit so the RIP does not let the logfile grow over 2MB or so. You should clean out the Active and Held Queues by going into the C:\RIP\SW\PageBuffers folder and deleting everything inside the page buffers folder. Do not delete the page buffers folder but everything inside it can be deleted. These files build up over time.

 

[prepressing]

Harlequin RIP Performance Tips.
Here are a few recommendations for maintenance on your Harlequin RIP software:

*Clear out your page buffers. Open the RIP\SW\PageBuffers folder. Delete everything inside this folder (the RIP will recreate necessary files). This folder contains all of your page buffers and built-up temporary files. Make sure you delete the data and files inside the PageBuffers folder. Once this is done, empty the trash.

*Clear out the error folder. Open the RIP\SW\Error. Delete everything inside the error folder. Empty the trash.

*Run disk cleanup and disk defrag if running the RIP on Windows.

*Zip your RIP folder. If anything ever happens to your RIP hard drive or computer, you want to have a backup of the RIP. The old backup built with older RIP software may not get the files you need to restore the RIP to its previous state. To make sure you get a good backup, zip your entire RIP folder. Copy this to CD, thumb drive or another computer or server. Save this in case your RIP computer has a problem. It will save hours and hours of installation time.

Good luck.

 

[BillJ]

You can also back up the rip. From the first menu on the left (the name is dependent on the manufacturer), select Print File. Navigate to the rip folder>SW>utilities and select "Backup configuration" and hit print. The file type and page setup doesn't matter. The rip will then create a file called config.ps inside the Utilities folder. Copy it out to a safe place, preferably off the current hard drive. That way if the hard drive fails you can install a fresh copy of the rip. Then all you have to do is do a Print File and select the config.ps and print. This will reset the rip back to your settings.

 

[prepressing]

I prefer backing up the entire RIP folder. The config.ps method is good for saving core RIP configurations, but anything outside of Harlequin's original design (third party plugins, proofing plugins, interface card plugins, etc.) the config.ps does not save. This means if you do the config.ps and are driving an imagesetter or platesetter or possibly even a third party proofer with the Harlequin RIP you will not save any of your page setups or calibrations using the conifg.ps method. Backup the entire RIP folder. The size of the config.ps file is smaller (probably under 1MB), but with the entire zipped RIP folder you have your entire settings (and it will only be around 200-300MB). With the cost of storage these days it is better to do this and make sure you get what you need.