Create QPrinter is very slow under Qt5

[cfdev]

Hi everyone,
Why under Qt 5.5 the creation of QPrint object is very slow:

This code
[code]
QElapsedTimer timer;
timer.start();
QPrinter printer;
qDebug() << "The operation took" << timer.elapsed() << "milliseconds";
[/code]

Measured with QElapsedTimer, Output:
Qt4.8.7
The operation took **740 milliseconds **

Qt5.5
The operation took 2391 milliseconds

Amazing?!

[mcosta]

Hi,

IMO your code is not correct. This should be the right way to measure the time

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    QCoreApplication a(argc, argv);

    QElapsedTimer timer;

    timer.start();
    QPrinter printer;
    qint64 elapsed = timer.nsecsElapsed();

    qDebug() << "Elapsed:" << elapsed << "ns";

    return 0;
}

because in your code elapsed() is called only after some output operations.

Anyway, in my environment (Qt 5.5.1 on OS X) the output is always between 1.2 and 1.6 ms.
In which platform are you running that code?

[cfdev]

@mcosta I use the typical case in the doc
http://doc.qt.io/qt-4.8/qelapsedtimer.html

My env: MSWindows7 64bit

[mcosta]

Hi,

changing my code according the Qt doc doesn't change the result. IMO that code is not correct if you want to make a real measure

[cfdev]

With your code:

Qt4.8.7
MSWindows 7 64bit (bin 32bit): The operation took 683 835637 ns

Qt5.5
MSWindows 7 64bit (bin 32bit): The operation took 2423 792254 ns
Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS 64bits: The operation took 17 481614 ns

Big difference with Linux system.

[mcosta]

Hi,

seems that for some reason on your Windows machine QPrinter is very slow.
I suggest to open a BUGREPORT; provide as many information as you can

[kmk01]

I know it's been a few years, but I was getting this because I had a defunct network printer in Windows. Removing the offending printer from Windows Printers settings fixed the problem for me.