Network printer issue

rbuser

Hi,

I got the following problem: if default printer is set to network printer
the first report takes several seconds to generate. The subsequent reports
are instant. If I set default printer to local the issue disappears.

nardmoseley

That indicates a performance issue with the printer driver, the first time
it is loaded and initialized. ReportBuilder caches printer info - that is
why you only see the slow performance for the first report.

ReportBuilder uses Win API calls to determine the capabilities of the
printer. Perhaps the printer driver loads slowly, or responds slowly to the
Win API calls, and/or the network is slow.

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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors Corporation
http://www.digital-metaphors.com

rbuser

"Nard Moseley (Digital Metaphors)" wrote in

nardmoseley

There is a global TppPrinter object that you can access. Try calling its
Initialize method.

example:

uses
ppPrintr;

begin
ppPrinter.PrinterSetup.PrinterName :=
ppPrinter.PrinterSetup.PrinterNames[myIndex];
ppPrinter.Initialize;

end;


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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors Corporation
www.digital-metaphors.com