Re: Print speed using Report Builder

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

Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 11:14:55 -0400

Thanks Pete, we will look into the SQL of it all.

Yes, everything is printed using RB over the same network from the same PC

to the same printer, just at different times.

Rob.

"Peter Morris [Droopy eyes software]" <pete@notformethanks_droopyeyes.com>
wrote in message news:410c2882$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
> Hi
>
>
> > It now takes over 2 hours to print less than 3000 pages using an HP 4300
> > duplex printer. Note: to avoid confusion, this means less than 1500
sheets
> > of paper.
> >
> > The printer is always 'waiting' for pages to be sent. We us the same
> printer
> > to print out mont end customer statements and it takes under an hour to
> > print 2000 individual pages.
>
> And what do you use to print these 2000 pages in under an hour? Report
> Builder or some other tool? If some other tool then why not use that for
> all of your reports? If it is Report Builder then I would suggest that it
> isn't Report Builder which is the bottleneck and maybe it is your SQL.
>
>
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