To test printing in a Visual Basic Project I need to simulate a SLOW printer, how can I do that?
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Fax modems are pretty slow, and you should be able to find a print-to-fax driver somewhere. But since Windows spools print jobs, your application won't notice that the printer device is slow.
Greg Hewgill
2008-11-04 07:23:08
thanks, so I need to slow down the Windows print queue?
2008-11-04 07:26:06
Print spooling can be switched off in the printer settings, on the "Advanced" page, setting "print directly to the printer".
Tomalak
2008-11-04 08:04:20
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There's no better simulation than the real thing. I can suggest several models I have personal experience with that would help with your simulation.
JaredPar
2008-11-04 07:33:28
+1
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As Greg said, as long as Windows is spooling, what use is as slow printer? Is there a way to slow down the spooling?
You're missing the point - there ARE no slow queues. Your VB project always sees the Windows print queue. It does not see a slow printer.
MSalters
2008-11-04 08:00:49
Print spooling can be switched off in the printer settings, on the "Advanced" page, setting "print directly to the printer".
Tomalak
2008-11-04 08:03:44
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To be more specific, how to simulate a slow queue?
The point is that my VB continus to run, while the spool is filling with the first print job. With 99% of all systems, no problem at all.
a fast user on a system with a slow spool can now add a second print job and that crashes the app, as the first one is still printing.