When used with BarTender, Drivers by Seagull have the ability to store (or cache) documents and graphics in your printer and reuse them during subsequent print jobs. This can significantly speed up print jobs because large graphics and frequently printed documents are only sent to the printer once.
BarTender has the ability to track items that have been stored in the printer. However, some situations, such as a failed print job or replacing a printer, can cause BarTender to think that certain items have been stored in the printer for later reuse but that really haven't. Once this happens, BarTender can execute a print job and fail to send certain items to the printer because it thinks that the items are already stored there. This can result in items with missing parts, or even blank items being printed. Therefore, it is recommended that you periodically flush (clear) the printer's cache.
To turn on printer caching, you must enable the Allow Graphic Caching and Allow Template Caching options on the Performance tab of the Print dialog.
Once you have enabled caching, you can instruct BarTender to flush the cache at regularly specified intervals using the Printer's Cache tab of the Print dialog.
Automatic Cache Flushing
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Per BarTender Session (slowest printing). Specifies that BarTender will flush the printer's cache at the start of the first print job of every session.
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Daily. Specifies that BarTender will flush the printer's cache once at the start of the first print job of the first BarTender session each day, regardless of how many sessions of BarTender that you run.
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Weekly. Specifies that BarTender will flush the printer's cache once at the start of the first print job of the first BarTender session each week.
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Monthly. Specifies that BarTender will flush the printer's cache once at the start of the first print job of the first BarTender session each month.
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Never (fastest printing). Specifies that BarTender will not flush the printer's cache unless you explicitly select Flush Cache Now.
Flush Cache Now. Clears the printer's cache.
Manage Cache. Opens the driver's Cache Options dialog, which specifies how the printer's cache will be used.
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Caching does not work well when more than one computer is set up to print to the same printer. Consequently, all copies of BarTender that are printing to a shared printer that uses caching need to have the Allow Graphics Caching and Allow Template Caching options disabled in the Performance tab of the Print dialog.
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Print Tab • Object Print Method Tab • Performance Tab • Print Dialog
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