Slow printing mail merge

[Bob]

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!

 

[Mary Sauer]

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