HP Universal print driver and slow printing

[John Newhoff]

Hi All,

Is anyone using, or tried to use, FMP 8 through 10 with Windows Server 2008 print server and the current HP universal print driver (PCL5, 6, or PS)?

One of our larger sites (200+ users) is trying to standardize on this config and is finding that print jobs of any complexity coming from Filemaker take about 20x longer to print.

We've done quite a bit of tweaking of layouts and print driver settings to no avail. I've set up a similar configuration at our data center and the problem reproduces there quite easily.

I've reproduced the problem in a basic FMP10 database in a layout with just 6 fields on it, all set to one font, Arial.

Thanks,

John

Edited June 23, 2010 by Guest

[Max®]

I've same problem (also with latest version 11.0.3), have you find a solution?

Many thanks.

Hi All,

Is anyone using, or tried to use, FMP 8 through 10 with Windows Server 2008 print server and the current HP universal print driver (PCL5, 6, or PS)?

One of our larger sites (200+ users) is trying to standardize on this config and is finding that print jobs of any complexity coming from Filemaker take about 20x longer to print.

We've done quite a bit of tweaking of layouts and print driver settings to no avail. I've set up a similar configuration at our data center and the problem reproduces there quite easily.

I've reproduced the problem in a basic FMP10 database in a layout with just 6 fields on it, all set to one font, Arial.

Thanks,

John

[John Newhoff]

Afraid not. The client kept an earlier print server online for FM users to print through until a better solution comes along.

John