AutoCAD 2005 Plotting

[jonathan_fairholm]

When a plot is spooling from AutoCAD my memory usage is increased by about 350Mb.
My PC currently has about 700Mb of RAM, if I already have a few drawings open, and then plot, I can soon run out of memory. AutoCAD then shuts down.
Is it normal for AutoCAD to use this much memory whilst plotting ?
Do I need more RAM ?

In addition, I've tried setting the background plotting option, but this seems to make little difference.

[arcadia_x27]

what kind of drawing are you plotting?

[mjfarrell]

More Free Space on the hard drive would help.
more RAM wouldn't hurt.
Also configure the port to print direct to
the plotter without spooling locally.

[jonathan_fairholm]

I'm plotting fairly large site/factory layouts from paperspace.
The drawings are normally contain about 100,000 objects and are about 5Mb in file size.