Pringting individual jobs versus batch jobs

[Dean]

I use Publisher 2003 for a newsletter and thoroughly enjoy the program. When
I print my newsletter, it appears that Publisher prints the entire job in
memory first as a batch job before sending it to the printer. My newsletter
file is always large (6-8mb) and since I usually print about 150 copies from
a networked copier, I sometimes have to wait as long 45 minutes before the
newsletter begins to print out. I have ordered additional RAM for my computer
- thinking that might speed things up, but is there a setting that I can
change in Publisher that will send items to the printer as an individual job
as opposed to a batch job? I checked under the Options and Customize features
but didn't see anything. Thanks.

Dean

 

[Mary Sauer]

Might try this:
Change the spooler settings
If you have sufficient disk space and you still have a problem printing, try
changing your spooler settings. When you print, information is typically written
to a file on your hard disk before it is sent to the printer. This process is
named print spooling. With print spooling you can continue to use your programs
while the document prints. Print spooling is typically faster than printing
directly to your printer. However, if you are low on disk space, turning off
print spooling might increase printing speed.

Note With print spooling turned off, you must wait for your file to finish
printing before you can perform other tasks in the program that you are printing
from.

To check or change your spooler settings, follow these steps:
1. Click Start, and then click Printers and Faxes.
2. Double-click the printer that you are trying to use. The print queue for that
printer appears.
3. If any documents appear in the print queue, click Print, click Cancel All
Documents, and then click OK.
4. Right-click the printer that you want to use, and then click Properties.
5. Click the Advanced tab. . If the Spool print documents so program finishes
printing faster option is selected, print spooling is turned on.
.. If the Print directly to the printer option is selected, print spooling is
turned off, and you are printing directly to the printer.

6. Change the setting to see if this speeds up printing. To change the setting,
click one of the options that are listed in step 5. . If you are printing to a
network printer, you might not be able to change your spooler settings.
.. For some printers, the printing speed can be much slower when it prints
graphics than when it prints text.