Ed,

        One thing you might try is to do only one FCOPY per file.
        Maybe something like...

        1. FCOPY the disc file to a printer, but leave the spoolfile
           deferred.

        2. SPOOLF O####.out.hpspool;PRINT;DEV=another-printer. Do this
           for each additional copy that you need to send to another
           printer.  Hopefully, this is faster than additional FCOPYs.

        3. SPOOLF O####.out.hpspool;PRI=8 to let the original FCOPYed
           report print.

        Good luck!

David Maclary
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>Date:    Mon, 30 Sep 1996 09:59:31 -0700
>From:    Ed Uber <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Better method of CCTL printing than FCOPY?
>
>I've just recently started reading this newsgroup, but in a thread
>printed in the September issue of _Interact_, Stan Sieler said:
><snip>
>>yes it's often not appropriate to use FCOPY...Several jobs I support >use
FCOPY
>to print disc files with CCTL.
>Sometimes the same file is FCOPY'd to several printers.  For large
>files, this can take a noticeable amount of time.  Does anyone have a
>suggestion for a better (faster, or capable of dealing efficiently
>with multiple destinations) MPE command to use?  If not, a third party
>utility?
>
>Thanks,
>Ed Uber
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