>>>>>Tested with
>>>>>XP PRO SP2
>>>>>VFP9 SP1
>>>>>Printer HP Deskjet3900. (2 cents for paper and ink)
>>>>>PDF file - 10 pages.
>>>>>Acrobat 7.0
>>>>
>>>>Thanks a lot for your tests. I have Adobe 6 at work and the first sample did not work for me. I'll re-test from home.
>>>
>>>I have never installed any Acrobat reader above version 4, because it's overfeatured and, AFAIK, version 6 was loading all the plugins right at the start, needed or not, which may take time. Don't know how does version 7 stand, since I'm using Foxit reader (www.foxitsoftware.com), which is much lighter and loads a lot faster. I did have a couple of cases when a page based on a scanned drawing would print blank from it, but that's the odd one out. Everything else works perfectly and it does load really fast.
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>>Acrobat reader 7 loads very fast, much much faster than earlier versions.
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>I don't know, my last test works in 6 seconds, which is still a lot...

My comparison was Acrobat reader 7 against earlier versions, I was not referring to your particular problem.