Printer slow to print

I installed my Brother MFC9700 on this Vista Home Premium with Service Pack
1. Since this new HP machine does not have a parallel port I used the USB
port. The printer works fine but when I click to print it takes 30 seconds
or more to start printing. I don't have spool selected but is there some
other item I have missed to start printing direct to the printer.

"Don Harvey" <> wrote in message
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>I installed my Brother MFC9700 on this Vista Home Premium with Service Pack
>1. Since this new HP machine does not have a parallel port I used the USB
>port. The printer works fine but when I click to print it takes 30 seconds
>or more to start printing. I don't have spool selected but is there some
>other item I have missed to start printing direct to the printer.

At the beginning of every print job, or just after the printer has gone into
stand-by mode. It does take some time to heat up the drum.

I had completely forgotten about that, thanks. Now that I remember I had
the same with a couple of other laser printers until I turned that mode off.
I had thought maybe that using the USB with this older printer may been part
of it, but you are quite right, a laser has to heat up.


"Sinner" <> wrote in message
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>
> "Don Harvey" <> wrote in message
> news:r9x8l.9887$...
>>I installed my Brother MFC9700 on this Vista Home Premium with Service
>>Pack 1. Since this new HP machine does not have a parallel port I used
>>the USB port. The printer works fine but when I click to print it takes
>>30 seconds or more to start printing. I don't have spool selected but is
>>there some other item I have missed to start printing direct to the
>>printer.
>
> At the beginning of every print job, or just after the printer has gone
> into stand-by mode. It does take some time to heat up the drum.
>