Printing Speed

Hi,
I am trying to store .prn files in a database to allow printing later without the original application and to speed up printing (by eliminating the time for an app to load, perform its print function and close again).

My problem is whatever mechanism I use (I have tried several)to print the prn file, it is always far, far slower than printing from the original application (including RP). The prn files concerned can be 10Mbytes.

Do you have an explaination, or even better, a solution?

Henry,

Normally it should be slightly faster as the application doesn't have to run, all that needs to happen is for the file to spool.

One instance where this may not be the case is if you have a Windows client and server and the printer on the server is set to use "Advanced printing features" in the properties. In this case a smaller meta file is spooled between the client and server then the server converts it to the print file.