I'm getting really frustrated with X6 - again.
Files that used to print almost instantly with X5, X3 and earlier versions of DRAW now take anywhere from a minute to 10 minutes before my large format Epson inkjet begins printing. I can see my hard drive is working really hard to spool documents from X6 and it slows down any other programs I try to use while waiting for a job to print. Anyone have any ideas as to how to resolve this issue? It's really messing up my workflow. I suppose I could just go back to using X5 - But then: What the heck was the point in upgrading?
X6 performs some tasks in background, including saving, exporting and printing.
This means you can get on with further editing work while the background task completes, without you having to wait for it to complete first, but it may not always work so quickly in background.
You can try turning background tasks off -- the option is at tools > options > global.
Another cause of the print slowdown, especially if this also occurs with other programs, is the many, many unused files and directories in the system's Temp directory.
To clean the Temp directory of all unused, leftover temporary files and sub-directories, open your Windows Explorer and in the address bar, enter, '%temp%' (without the quotes). Select all the files and directories and delete them. Windows will not allow you to delete any file that is currently in use, but will let you delete all others that are not being used.
Then empty the Trash Can.
Thanks Harry & Hugh. I guess my point is this: CorelDRAW X5 spooled my files almost effortlessly and sent them to the printer very fast. X6 takes significantly more time to do the exact same task and even with an empty Temp folder, slows my system down.
OK, a couple more questions from us, to help understand your environment.
What version of Windows are you running X6 on?
What is the processor (single core, multcore)?
How much RAM do you have installed on your computer?
And...what other applications do you have open, at the same time?
OK:
Running on XP with all service packs installedI'm guessing single core CPU? Pentium 4 for sure, 32-bit4 gig of ramlots of working space on C DriveNo other apps running when I print (really inconvenient)