Hi Simon, Sounds like fairly normal behaviour for a laser printer. Remember that it will not start printing until it has received the full page. Some pages may contain more data than others, especially if any graphics are on the page. George. -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of goshawk Sent: 29 December 2004 18:35 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; blindtech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: tvi-talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; blindgadgets@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] printer takes an age to get going. hello list, I have a Samsung CLP500 laser printer here, and have found that for some reason, it seems to take a very long time to actually get started printing. when anything is sent to it, it starts up but doesn't print anything first off, almost like it needs to warm up first. then when it finally gets round to printing, it sometimes stops between pages, and sometimes I am not sure if it has actually finished or if it is just having a rest between pages. has anyone else had these problems, and if so have you found a way of fixing them, i.e, getting the printer to start printing faster, and not stopping between pages? Simon ** To leave the list, send a message to:- ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq This Message has been scanned for viruses by McAfee Groupshield. ** To leave the list, send a message to:- ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq