Re: Print speed using Report Builder

From: A. Robert Thompson (robert.thompson_at_jebcointernational.com)
Date: 08/02/04 

Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 11:09:34 -0400

Thanks for the methodology Matthew, we' ll give it a try.

Rob.
"Matthew Jones" <matthew@matthewdelme-jones.delme.com> wrote in message
news:memo.20040801211044.2560F@nothanks.nothanks.co.uk...
> My recommendation is to do some testing. Use the "print to file" option
> for the printer driver. Then use copy from the command line to copy the
> resulting file to the printer (you may have to assign PRN to do this - I
> have the batches somewhere). Then see how long it takes with the file
> alone compared to "live". That difference is the processing overhead. Now
> look to where the overhead is - ReportBuilder or the database access.
> Consider also how different the file sizes are between your fast jobs and
> the slow jobs. Things with lines and graphics will take longer than a
> simple Word document to appear.
>
> /Matthew Jones/