Ghostscript Timeout

When the printer runs Ghostscript to convert the output into a PDF document it has a default timeout of 300 seconds (5 minutes). In case Ghostscript is still running after the timeout has expired it is terminated. This is done to prevent a crashed instance of Ghostscript to remain in memory if something goes wrong.

A timeout can cause problems if Ghostscript hasn't finished because it is working on a huge document. In this case you might experience incomplete PDF documents as a result of the Ghostscript process being terminated. You can change the timeout to fit your purpose. This is done using a setting named GhostscriptTimeout.

The GhostscriptTimeout setting can be specified in the user's setting@printername.ini or the global@printername.ini file.

The sample below shows how to change the Ghostscript timeout in an ini file.

Place the above content in a file named C:\Program Files\bioPDF\PDF Writer\global@PDF Writer - bioPDF.ini, which is the file name of the global settings file for a bioPDF PDF Writer.