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    #1

    Print - time per page

    When printing reports, it takes up to 2-minutes to a print a page. This creates a HUGE problem when printing large reports.

    What needs to be done to speed up the printing?
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    #2
    RE: Print - time per page

    Svereal suggestions can be found using the search feature of the message board and entering "print speed".

    Without knowing a single detail about the construction of your report, type of printer, whether you have any indexes defined which would aid Alpha in selecting the records for your report, etc., it's hard to offer any other help.
    There can be only one.

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      I've resolved the Print Time Issues

      The cause of my reports printing so slowly was due to the GROUPS, ORDER and SUMMARY options I was using in my report.

      I was printing a report from a single table, with only 200 records. 10 records per page (20 pages).

      At 2-3 minutes per page it took nearly 1-hour to print the report.

      When I removed the GROUPS and SUMMARY and only ordered on one field, the reported printed at the print speed of my printer.

      I've reviewed the LONG list of postings relevant to slow printing. It's a shame that ALPHA has not addressed this in upgrades to the software.

      When originally designing the reports, I was enthused to see that I could GROUP, ORDER and TOTAL my reports by so many fields. Now I can't.

      I now need to
      run a query for the GROUP and ORDER
      print the report based upon current records
      and then repeat the run/print for each of the groups.
      The reports is being run for 3-departmental GROUPS, each having 2 to 3 product GROUPS, each product GROUP having 4-5 employees.
      I was ORDERING based upon target complete and then actual complete dates.

      Rather than having one sectionalized report, I now need to print approx 10 individual reports.

      This still takes less than 1/2 the time it would if I let the software run it's GROUP ORDER SUMMARY functions.

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        RE: I've resolved the Print Time Issues

        You should be able to speed things up by creating indexes on the fields that you want to use for group and order.

        I would suggest indexing on

        department, product, employee, target complete date, and actual complete date

        then try your grouped and ordered report.
        There can be only one.

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          #5
          RE: I've resolved the Print Time Issues

          Hi Damian,

          There are many aspects of running a report that can slow it down. If you don't use running summary variables, this will increase time significantly. If you have different grouping orders and filters that are different from the index/query order of the table being used, again, this creates delays. There are many more that cause slowdowns, but careful design will eliminate all of these.

          Sometimes, copying needed records to a temporary table that you can work with exclusively is the proper method.

          The problem is almost sure to be 99% the way you've done things. Change/correct your methods and speed will increase significantly.

          In some cases Network printers are configured wrong as well.

          Regards,

          Ira J. Perlow
          Computer Systems Design & Associates
          [email protected]
          Regards,

          Ira J. Perlow
          Computer Systems Design


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            RE: I've resolved the Print Time Issues

            Damian,

            One of the nice features of this board is that it permits one to upload an entire database (subject to a 1 MB limit), so that others can download it and develop suggestions for you.

            If you were to do this, and if you were to include written specifications for the report you're trying to produce, I'd be very surprised if a faster approach were not feasible.

            -- tom

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              RE: I've resolved the Print Time Issues

              Thank You.

              Yes. I am running more than one report from the one table.
              The report that runs the same as the indexes does print faster, but still slower than when I removed the GROUP ORDER SUMMARY.

              I've never had a problem with the report running and viewing on my screen, but only when I send it to the printer.

              I think the postings which suggest creating a dummy table may work the best for me.

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