Mary
Fri Mar 07 16:18:19 CST 2008
Did you try putting a larger number in the registry fix?
Read Ed's page, it is a little different than the Microsoft article.
The Registry Fix
for changing the Mail Merge Batch Size
http://ed.mvps.org/Static.aspx?=Publisher/registryfix
Do you have images with gradient fills?
A document may take a longer time than expected to print or the print spool file
may be larger in Office 2003 or in Office XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/904948/en-us
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Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
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"Bob" <Bob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:DBEC3F91-98B4-45ED-B668-1FD3E7D7EA0C@microsoft.com...
> Hi, I'm hoping to find a solution to slow printing from Publisher 2003, 4-up
> postcards with thousands of name/addresses being merged onto a very simple
> Publisher doc (each 4-up sheet spools at about 12K in size). I am printing
> through a Fiery print controller on a Xerox 252 using the PCL driver (PS was
> no help so far). I have already applied changes recommended in KBA 891904,
> which did speed up the processby sending in larger batches. I also checked
> the setting changes shown on KBA 279385, but saw no difference. Spooling jobs
> is still taking an unusually long time, though. Any thoughts or ideas would
> be greatly appreciated!