[THIN] Re: Slow printing with HP.

  • From: Wesley Suderman <wsuderman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 07:50:36 -0700

Jason,
We are experiencing a similar problem with the hp 2100 PCL 6 drivers.
However ours is complicated by a spooler hang on the print server.  We have
tried new PCL drivers and the new Jet direct port drivers from HP with no
improvement.  What all have you tried to fix this?

Wes

        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Jason Patten [SMTP:pattenj@xxxxxxxx]
        Sent:   Tuesday, February 03, 2004 7:29 AM
        To:     'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
        Subject:        [THIN] Slow printing with HP.

        I have come across an odd problem with using the HP LaserJet 4
drivers.
        When they print they get one page every 2 to as many as 5 minutes.
The
        pages themselves print at a good speed, but it takes forever to
spool them.
        Some of the reports printed are huge, up to 100 pages.
        This appears to happen almost randomly, but once it starts seems to
stay
        that way.  I have users with various Laser printers (mostly HP) that
are
        aliased to the LaserJet 4 driver.  When these users have upgraded to
Windows
        XP or 2K their printing gets VERY slow.  I have checked the Buffer
size in
        the Module.ini file and it is setup correctly.  But what I have
noticed is
        this.  On their end, the print spooler is set to "Spool print jobs
so
        printing finishes faster, and Print Immediately."  However on the
server
        side, their printer is set to "Print after last page is spooled".
This has
        ONLY occurred with printers using the basic HP LaserJet 4 driver
alias.
        Most of the customers with this issue are on Dsl/t1 links so I know
        Bandwidth isn't a problem, because it will happen to one person, but
the
        person next to them, printing to the same printer will not have the
issue. I
        am frustrated at this point I don't know what else to check.

        We have an NT4TSE with MF1.8sp2 farm.  Has anyone had this
expierence?



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