[Leaplist] HP1100 under XP slow to print some PDFs

[Jason Boxman]

Kyle Gonzales wrote:
> Being that this is a Linux mailing list... Try Linux?

Given workflow and budget constraints there's no way to get a Linux box in
that wing of the building.  Otherwise, that was my first thought and
preference.  I'd rather have CUPS handling it all.

Give out any UPS recommendations on a Linux mailing list lately without the
snark?  Oh?  Oops.

> On 11/7/07, Jason Boxman <jasonb at edseek.com> wrote:
>> I have a HP1100 that's glacially slow to print some PDF files.  I don't
>> know
>> what's special about them, but they may take three or three minutes per
>> page.  Being a moderate PPM printer, it can otherwise print quite a few
>> pages each minute.
>>
>> Good doesn't turn up much, so I suspect I am searching for the wrong
>> thing.
>>
>> I suspect a) RAM on printer b) CPU on printer c) Windows XP SP2 print
>> spooling d) Windows print drivers
>>
>> I am considering buying one of those moderately inexpensive print servers
>> you plug into the parallel port or USB port of the printer, providing you
>> a
>> network-aware printer, so I can spool there.  The Windows print spooler
>> reports document sizes from 500K to several MB when printing these PDFs.
>>
>> Printing at 300DPI does not significant (at all) improve printing
>> performance for these files.
>>
>> Any thoughts?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
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