> JMac,
>
> Sorry, I don't have an answer for you, but I am experiencing something
> similar. Perhaps another example will help someone provide a simple answer.
>
> I am trying to print business cards. If I print 4 cards (one page), it is a
> very fast job. If I print 1000, it appears that Publisher is sending 17 Gigs
> to the printer! This is the only program I have ever seen do this. Instead of
> sending one page and telling it to print 250 times...It seems to be sending
> 250 files to the printer...very frustrating. I hope someone can help!
>
> "Mary Sauer" wrote:
>
>> Is your printer driver current? Have you looked at the advanced settings in
>> your printer's properties?
>>
>> 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
>>
>> Have you considered creating a PDF and then printing the PDF?
>>
>> This article tells you how to adjust your spooling settings
>> How to troubleshoot problems that you may experience when you try to print to
>> a
>> local printer by using Office programs in Windows XP
>>
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/870622/en-us
>>
>> Do you have all three service packs?
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
>>
http://office.microsoft.com/
>>
http://msauer.mvps.org/
>>
news://msnews.microsoft.com
>>
>> "jmac"
discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:817C7CC0-A2BF-421C-82AB-A57D6299E051@microsoft.com...
>>> My only image is a scanned document in black that is 1.92M with a few text
>>> boxes that was placed in using publisher.
>>> It's strange that I can print 1 copy and it is printed right away but if I
>>> print 1000 copies, it take forever to send. It's like it's reading it a
>>> 1000
>>> times to send to the printer.
>>>
>>> "Mary Sauer" wrote:
>>>
>>>>> When I go to print a large quantity of sheets of the same copy, it takes
>>>>> forever to spool before it prints. I have Publisher 2007 but I use to
>>>>> have
>>>>> 2003. The 2003 version printed the job right away unless it was a large
>>>>> file.
>>>>> The job I'm doing is not a large file. Is there any settings that I have
>>>>> to
>>>>> set?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
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