Frustrating but steady progress with getting paperwork such as contract of sale to print in c9.

The key technical difficulty is that the technology c9 is built upon has a somewhat mediocre  printing framework. It works fine for reports, but complex detailed forms are problematic.

Previous work so far has resulted in printing that runs  slow, and in the case of Queensland OFT paperwork : excruciatingly slow where each page takes upto 30 seconds to spool.  Another consequence was print outputs were not perfect.

A new strategy has been found which involves c9 creating PDF files and then printing the PDF file.  This introduces a new consequence.  To print PDF you need to install acrobat reader to do the printing for c9 as using the technology c9 relies on to print PDF files results in very slow and inaccurate printing.  C9 will open acrobat and printing is done from there.  For some printers c9 is able to send the PDF file directly to the printer, but this only works with certain printers and only if the printer drivers for that printer are 100% spot on.

The new solution now works; though requires acrobat to be installed.  The next version of c9 includes this facility so paperwork now prints alot faster.

The next version will also include c9's new contract of sale documents. Initially only Victoria will be included, we will roll out all of the other states over the next couple of weeks while we fine tune printing of contract particulars.