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  • 1.  Printsmith = PS Vision Digital - Speed?

    Posted 02-12-2018 04:59 PM
    I currently have this on my computer and everyone accesses it through browser.  I have been told it will run a little faster for my employees if it is on stand alone server.  Does anyone know if this is true?  I currently have up to 10 users on at one time.

    It has and seems to be working fine, but wondering the pros to changing to a server dedicated to the software.

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    Shawn Wylie
    President
    Printing Productions Ink
    Kentwood MI
    (616) 871-9292
    shawn@...
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  • 2.  RE: Printsmith = PS Vision Digital - Speed?

    Posted 02-13-2018 10:03 AM
    ​I am not sure what you are asking.  Are you running Printsmith Vision? or Classic?

    We used to use classic and now use vision (or about a year).  In classic, we both cases we had the server running on a machine that was mostly dedicated to printsmith and access it through our local area network.  Our vision server is running a new beefy windows 10 machine with an ssd and lots of ram.

    When we did transition from classic to vision, there was a noticeable lag in all of our workstations.  Sometimes more than other times.

    Not sure if this answers your question or not.


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    Hank Steinberg
    Stone Mountain Printing
    Woodbridge NJ
    732-634-4444
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  • 3.  RE: Printsmith = PS Vision Digital - Speed?

    Posted 02-13-2018 12:51 PM
    We also ran both PrintSmith and PrintSmith Vision on a stand alone computer. We have never had it as a workstation because we always feared using the server as someone's workstation could cause a problem, because a workstation has a higher chance of going down. We are using a Window's 10 machine with an I7 processor and 6GB of memory. We don't have many lags or anything to take notice with 10 users.

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    Mike Paholke
    Manager
    Excel Printing and Mailing
    South Holland IL
    (708) 331-6352
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  • 4.  RE: Printsmith = PS Vision Digital - Speed?

    Posted 02-14-2018 09:15 AM
    Curious if you are using Macs of Windows.  Also what network switch?  I would love to tighten up our lags here.

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    Hank Steinberg
    Stone Mountain Printing
    Woodbridge NJ
    732-634-4444
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  • 5.  RE: Printsmith = PS Vision Digital - Speed?

    Posted 02-13-2018 08:55 PM
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    Shawn,

    I attached the system requirements for your self host version of PrintSmith. EFI does recommend to have a dedicated server running the system. 
    I hope this helps.

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    Peter Benfant
    Production Solution Consultant
    Konica Minolta Business Solutions USA, Inc.
    Brooklyn MI
    (517) 240-3435
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