Several aspects of WebRecord's operation can be adjusted to cope with slow machines, machines with only small amounts of memory, or machines with only small amounts of free disk space. (Even if you do not fall into any of these categories, you might want to make one or more of the adjustments suggested here simply because you prefer an alternative mode of operation.)

To adjust WebRecord's interface and performance you can:

• Turn off Show Print Preview from the Options menu.

  If the Show Print Preview option is enabled, WebRecord displays representations of the pages that are selected for printing in the print list, in the pane below the print list.

  Because these representations are regenerated each time the print list changes, you might want to disable this option if its selection adversely affects the performance of your machine. In addition, the page representations occupy storage space; if your machine is low on disk space on the drive where WebRecord is installed, you might want to untick Show Print Preview.

  Finally, the page previews are sized to fit your WebRecord window. If you make the WebRecord window very wide, both of the above problems become worse, because WebRecord has to enlarge the page previews.

• Turn off Auto Tick New URLs from the Options menu.

  If Auto Tick New URLs is enabled, new URLs added to the print list are automatically ticked or selected for printing. This means that WebRecord fetches them immediately, and, if the print preview option is enabled, regenerates the print preview. You might want to turn this option off so that you have an opportunity to decide which items you want to print before any time or network bandwidth is used to fetch them.

• Select the Simplified option from the Print Style drop-down list on the Appearance tab, accessed via the Settings option on the Options menu.

  Full-feature (normal) prints can be slow on some printers; for example, PostScript printers. Full-feature prints are likely to use more machine resources and more ink. Choosing simplified printing produces a print of lower quality and fewer features, but might be quicker and more economical.

• Reduce (or increase) the value of the Simultaneous connections field on the Fetching tab, accessed via the Settings option on the Options menu.

  Specifying a large number of simultaneous connections might speed up the fetching of pages, but too high a value might have adverse effects. A common symptom of too high a value in this field is: missing images and failed fetches which subsequently succeed if the page is re-fetched. The cause of these failures is often a limitation on the number of simultaneous operations that can be performed by intermediate proxy servers involved in your network connection.