sumatrapdfreader
additional support for printing, not having to wait until after the full document has been processed to start another
Feature Request: I would like to be able to more quickly print from Sumatra successively without Sumatra warning it will cancel the previous job. I am a graduate student in a humanities degree and a technical writer/editor. Some of the documents I need to print are long, and I use physical copies to study (PhD) and edit (docs). You find different information and errors on print vs. online, and both are necessary to catch everything. In this way, I consider it an accessibility function.
This is only an issue for larger documents (~20+ pages).
It is frustrating to need to print from two different, long PDFs. I need to wait until the entire job finishes, which can be from 30 seconds or more than a minute. My dissertation, for instance, is 100+ pages single spaced. Manuals can be just as long. Readings can, too.
This is not an issue in other applications (homebrewed CMS, Libre Office, Google Chrome, TOR). Sumatra uses Windows' print dialogue to print. I DO NOT know if this is within your control or scope, but if it is, it would be nice.
The only real alternative is waiting, and it is frustrating to still need to babysit print jobs after 30 years of printing, most of which is caused by printers' lack of usability and support.
I am using:
- Windows 11 26200.7171 or Fedora 43
- Sumatra git commit 646d1fe
- BROTHER-L3300CDW (color laser) printer & scanner combo
Thank you.
A common printing yardstick is one page per second was considered very fast thus 60ppm is often stated for printing at high commercial speed.
from https://www.brother-usa.com/products/hll3300cdw Print up to 19ppm‡
This is considered a middle range speed so 120/20 = 6 minutes for 120 pages. However the image method of printing is not as fast as say using Ghostscript with a laser printer or Acrobat both have customised print drivers for efficiency and speed.
thank you very much <3 given that additional context, I'm good with the issue being closed