2022.2

Networkandinternetconnections
Use a fast network and internet connectionoravoidloadingexternalorinternetresources.Using
images,JavaScriptorCSSresourceslocatedonaslownetworkoronaslowinternetconnectionwill
obviouslyleadtoalossofspeed.Whilewedoourbestforcaching,adocumentwith5,000records
whichqueriesapagethattakes1secondtoreturnadifferentimageeachtimewill,naturally,slowout-
putgenerationdownbyupto83minutes.
Hardwareconfiguration
Whenprocessingspeedisimportant,thefollowingissuggestedbeforelookingintoPerformancePacks
toenhanceperformance(andafteraddressingtheotherissuesmentionedinthistopic).
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Antivirus exclusions.Sometimes,virusscanners,othersecuritysoftwareorindexingservices
caninterfere.ItcanhelptodisablethosekindsoftoolsfortheareaswhereConnectstoresinter-
mediatefiles.YoucouldexcludetheentireC:\Users\<connectuser>\Connectfolder.See
also:"AntivirusExclusions"onpage12.
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Useahigh-performance, low-latency hard drive.ConnectbenefitsfromfastI/O.Preferably
useaSolidStateDrive(SSD)orsimilarforstorage.
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Useatleast8+ GB High-Quality RAM.CheckmemoryusagewhilethePrintcommandisbeing
executedtoseeifyouneedmorethantheminimumof8GB.AssumingthattheDesignerneeds
1GBeach,andthateachengineneeds1GBaswell,youcanroughlyestimatehowmuch
memoryisneeded.
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Consider using a physical machineinsteadofavirtualmachine.WhenrunningonaVirtual
Machine,themachinemayreportthatithassufficienthardware(cores)available,butinavirtual
environmentyouneedtomakesurethatthishardwareisnotbeingsharedwithlotsofothervir-
tualmachines.
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Considerusinghardwarewithmorephysical cores.PrintShopMailConnectdoesn'tlimitthe
numberofMergeenginesthatisusedforaPrintjob,soifthenumberofphysicalcoresislow,it
makessensetoseeifthatcanbeincreased.Whenrunningonavirtualmachine,thisisusually
easy.Whenrunningonaphysicalmachine,itmeansthatyoumayhavetoswitchhardware.
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Forbothvirtualandnon-virtualenvironments,makesurethemachineisnotbusywithallkindsof
otherprocesses.
System requirements
ThesearethesystemrequirementsforPrintShopMailConnect2022.2
Operatingsystem(64-bitonly)
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MicrosoftWindows11
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MicrosoftWindows10(ProandEnterpriseversionsonly)
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