On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:56:47 +1100 Keith Bates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:21:27 +1100 > Daniel Kasak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, 2007-12-10 at 13:53 +1100, Keith Bates wrote: > > > > > If I print multiple copies of a document it takes forever because > > > OOo seems to just re-send the same information n times. > > > > <snipped > > > > > > Yeah I know it's probably an issue with CUPS or some other > > > inscrutable part of the printing system. > > > > I've also had problems printing >1 copy, and went off to the CUPS > > issue tracker to see if the problem was there. Apparently it's not. > > I was told in no uncertain terms that OOo's postscript output is > > quite broken. At the time, I couldn't get any more than 1 copy > > printed. Perhaps someone has changed something recently, and you > > can get more than 1, but it's slow. At any rate, the way I print > > multiple copies is to export to a PDF, open the PDF in evince, and > > print multiple copies from there. > > > > Thanks for that Daniel. It's a bit of a long way round, but I'll give > it a go and see if it saves on printing time. > Just did a rough test. Printing 3 copies of one document: Printing through OOo-- took 6 min 15 sec. Printing 3 copies of pdf from evince-- 2 minutes 40 sec. Obviously that doesn't include the time of converting to pdf which is negligible. That is very interesting and suggests that there really is a problem in the way OOo produces its postcript Keith -- God bless you, Keith Bates 4 Mooloobar St Narrabri NSW 2390 Phone: 02 67924890 Fax: 02 67925418 www.new-life.org.au If you don't have a reason to live JESUS IS THE ANSWER! Ask him into your life today... He really does make a difference. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
