Jim Kenzig http://thin.ms <> scribbled on Thursday, August 28, 2008 4:47 PM: That was simple. I'll look into this and change as appropriate. Thx! > Well if you set the whole job to spool it takes longer and gives the user > that perception. Also if you are on a server and have a slow drive acess > on the print server (which most people do cause they use low end machines > as print servers) it will take longer to print as the job gets copied > completely to the drive, sent to the printer and then taking the time to > clear it meanwhile 5 other people are sending jobs and the drive is > thrashing. > > Jim Kenzig > Blog: http://www.techblink.com > > > > On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 10:13 AM, Sorin Srbu <sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > Jim Kenzig http://thin.ms <> scribbled on Thursday, August 28, 2008 2:54 > PM: > > > > Also on the advanded properties tab of the printe try setting the > > spool section to start printing immediately if it isn't set that way. > > > Why is that actually?? I've seen that sometimes activating this feature > helps with some problems and sometimes it works better to not having it > enabled at all. > > Currently all our network printers are connected to a printer server with > the settings set to spool first, then print. > -- > BW, > Sorin > ----------------------------------------------------------- > # Sorin Srbu [Sysadmin, Systems Engineer] > > # Dept of Medicinal Chemistry, Phone: +46 (0)18-4714482 >3 signals> GSM > # Div of Org Pharm Chem, Mobile: +46 (0)701-718023 > # Box 574, Uppsala University, Fax: +46 (0)18-4714482 > # SE-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden Visit: BMC, Husargatan 3, D5:512b > # Web: http://www.orgfarm.uu.se > ----------------------------------------------------------- > # () ASCII ribbon campaign - Against html E-mail > # /\ > # > # MotD follows: > # The nice thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from.