Michael,
Printing a report and copying a file to the printer are two different things. When you copy a file to the printer you are doing just that, sending an existing file to the printer. When you print a report (or label) you have to fist generate the report and then send it to the printer; in some cases, depending on the size and complexity of the report, it can take a long time. By the way, PRINTER is a reserved word that can potentially be causing delays; you might try renaming that column (or create a view with alias) and see if that makes a difference. Javier, Javier Valencia, PE O: 913-829-0888 H: 913-397-9605 C: 913-915-3137 From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael J. Sinclair Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 3:56 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - My Printing takes too long Hi All, I am trying to print things from within Rbase 9.5. >From the time I hit the return key, to the time I hear the printer printing is about 20 seconds....seems very slow. Here is my code.... LBLPRINT scripts4x4 WHERE patnumbr = .vpnum AND prntflag = 'Y' AND + PRINTER = 1 + OPTION PRINTER + |SHOW_CANCEL_DIALOG OFF + |PRINTER_NAME \\zeus\pos3print <file:///\\zeus\pos3print> LBLPRINT scripts4x4 WHERE patnumbr = .vpnum AND prntflag = 'Y' AND + PRINTER = 3 + OPTION PRINTER + |SHOW_CANCEL_DIALOG OFF + |PRINTER_NAME \\zeus\pos3print <file:///\\zeus\pos3print> LBLPRINT controlled WHERE patnumbr = .vpnum AND prntflag = 'Y' AND + PRINTER = 2 + OPTION PRINTER + |SHOW_CANCEL_DIALOG OFF + |PRINTER_NAME \\zeus\scripts <file:///\\zeus\scripts> Would it be any faster if I printed to a file and then copied the file to the printer? Printing test pages from the server or a work station is nearly instant. Mike
