"DL" <address@invalid> wrote:
>Presumably you read the post & headers?
I'd bet that he will NEXT time before ranting off like he did.
I think he posts drunk sometimes. It's the only explanation I can
come up with for crap like that, unless he's bipolar and is skipping
his meds now and then.
>
>"Mick Murphy" <> wrote in message
>news:BDBF056C-EC31-4DF2-BEDB-...
>> Cross post; DON'T multi-post!
>> If you multi-post, the answers you receive stay in the newsgroup where
>> they
>> are posted.
>> Other newsgroup posters are in the dark!
>> --
>> Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia
>>
>>
>> "LVTravel" wrote:
>>
>>> I originally posted this 6-24 on only the Vista Printer_fax_scan NG with
>>> no
>>> response. Multiposted now to broaden the range of people seeing the post.
>>> Really need assistance. TIA.
>>>
>>> I have a laptop (new HP) with Vista Home Premium SP1 preinstalled, 3 GB
>>> RAM,
>>> 250GB HDD, AMD Turion 64 processor. Using Zone Alarm free as firewall
>>> and
>>> AVG 8 free as antivirus. Know that firewall is not issue since have full
>>> access to printers (can ping the network connected printers) and all
>>> other
>>> networked computers without problem. I understand that AVG has had a
>>> printing issue in the past but I totally turned off AVG by uninstalling
>>> it
>>> and this did not clear the issue with printing.
>>>
>>> Out of the box I have connected the new laptop to the following printers
>>> using the latest drivers available from the manufacturers or using
>>> Vista's
>>> built in if the drivers aren't available from manufacturer's web site.
>>>
>>> The following are connected through the home network via wireless and
>>> work
>>> flawlessly with 3 laptops running XP Pro (2) and XP Home (1).
>>> HP 2200DN - B & W Laser (network with Cat5e cable through WAP/Switch)
>>> OKIDATA 5150 - Color laser (network with Cat5e cable through WAP/Switch)
>>> Epson 1280 (connected through a Sony XP computer share)
>>> Epson R260 (also connected through the Sony XP computer)
>>>
>>> The last printer is a Canon BJC80 which is connected via a USB to
>>> Parallel
>>> printer cable (Belkin) which works great with no delay on any of the
>>> laptops
>>> running XP.
>>>
>>> My problem. When I print to any of the printers with any of the XP
>>> machines
>>> the print job starts immediately and printing is accomplished quickly
>>> with
>>> the queue clearing immediately after the job is done. Whenever I print
>>> any
>>> of the same documents (Word, Publisher, emails (Live Mail), web sites,
>>> PowerPoint, etc.) to any of the printers using Vista it may take as much
>>> as
>>> an hour to start printing and may not close out the job in the printer
>>> queue
>>> at all or it may take up to another hour for Vista to clear it. Some
>>> times
>>> printing the same job twice the first job prints immediately but the
>>> second
>>> job may take that hour.
>>>
>>> I have attempted to play with the settings on the BJC80 (which is what I
>>> use
>>> on the road) and again it will occasionally print quickly but most times
>>> it
>>> takes at least 15 minutes for the print queue to be "loaded" with the job
>>> (even a one page print from Word with only one word on it.) I have
>>> changed
>>> the settings on the driver to print directly to the printer, rebooted and
>>> tried to print and this didn't change anything so changed that back (I
>>> found
>>> this works better for this printer under XP and have it set that way on
>>> each
>>> of the XP machines for this printer.)
>>>
>>> I haven't found anything on any of the Vista newsgroups that would assist
>>> me
>>> in finding an solution to my problem, so any suggestions to try?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
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