Printing issue

[Richard Kreiss]

After installing a new faster server running windows 20012 & filePro 5.8.02.06 one of the clerks who prints invoice mentioned that the invoices were printing slower on the new server as compared to the old server.

As both machines are running and  had both versions running, 5.8 on the new server and 5.6 on the old server (Windows Server 2008), I was able to note the slight difference in print speed.

Record selection was a bit slower with 5.8 as was the actual printing.

I came across this problem about 20 years ago at another client when going from 4.8 to 5.0, if memory serves or it may have been from one 5.0 maintenance release to another. Ken worked on this problem  with me.

Has anyone run into this issue?

At this client's site, the clerks always want everything to print faster.  Each clerk has a large HP laser printer which is normally used for work groups. I have timed the actually printing of order, bar code labels and invoices, and the printers are running at their rated speed.

As this clerk is running an older PC with 32 bit Windows 7 and a slow processor, this machine will be replaced with a new faster computer with more memory and 64 bit Windows 7 Pro.  I am also planning to install a small SSD which will be used for filePro's temp directory(folder).  This should speed up the generation of outputs.  This will be similar to what we did years ago on Xenix system by creating a drive in memory for the temp directory.  This was faster than spooling out to the slow hard drive of the time.  These were in Kilobytes as those computers only had 64KB of memory and 4.75Mz processor.


Richard Kreiss
GCC Consulting

PS: I think todays GPS's have more computing and storage capacity then my Tandy 16.  I know my Surface Pro4 does.
An 8" floppy disk with 450KB capacity compared to a micro SD card with 200GB.  We've come a cone way.
I read recently that Samsung will be releasing a 1TB SD card.  Would love to have a 1TB micro SD card or memory stick that is reasonably priced.

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