Vista - Vista to Vista Network Printing -- Slow Performance Issue

09-07-2007

Just swapped out my XP machine, which had a USB HP 6210 printer attached, and
was used as my network printing resource - to a new Vista (home premium) box.
The other main PC on the network is running Vista Home Premium. The old
configuration worked fine (after the work-around to make Vista "see" the
network printer (i.e. installing it as a local printer)) - but now it is
unusable.

Loaded new printer drivers on the new vista (machine, and the printer works
great as a local device. Went to networked (main) PC, was able to "find"
the networked printer, installed, and ran a test page - everything works.
However, in practical use - the applications (word 2003 for example) wait
about 30 secs to "find" the printer - messages come up saying "the printer
hasn't responded - continue to wait?" - if I do wait, the print finally
happens, but the process is way too slow.

This seems like a vista issue, but if it could be my linksys router, my hp
printer or something else please let me know!

09-08-2007

On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 05:14:03 -0700, Phil R <PhilR@xxxxxx>
wrote:

Quote:

> messages come up saying "the printer
>hasn't responded - continue to wait?" - if I do wait, the print finally
>happens, but the process is way too slow.

Is the host PC going to sleep?

09-09-2007

Nope - I haven't even started the screen saver yet.

"Nigel Molesworth" wrote:

Quote:

> On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 05:14:03 -0700, Phil R <PhilR@xxxxxx>
> wrote:
>

Quote:

> > messages come up saying "the printer
> >hasn't responded - continue to wait?" - if I do wait, the print finally
> >happens, but the process is way too slow.

>
> Is the host PC going to sleep?
>
>

09-15-2007

Haven't fixed this - but thought would post for others -- It is not a
network/printer problem - the issue is Microsoft Word 2003! All other apps
print at normal speeds - and even Excel 2003 is OK. Still can't figure out
why Word 2003 on my Vista machine worked fine when printing to an XP-hosted
printer, and now it is slow. Probably just a way to get me to by Word 2007
which I don't need....

09-07-2007	#1 (permalink)
Phil R n/a posts	Vista to Vista Network Printing -- Slow Performance Issue Just swapped out my XP machine, which had a USB HP 6210 printer attached, and was used as my network printing resource - to a new Vista (home premium) box. The other main PC on the network is running Vista Home Premium. The old configuration worked fine (after the work-around to make Vista "see" the network printer (i.e. installing it as a local printer)) - but now it is unusable. Loaded new printer drivers on the new vista (machine, and the printer works great as a local device. Went to networked (main) PC, was able to "find" the networked printer, installed, and ran a test page - everything works. However, in practical use - the applications (word 2003 for example) wait about 30 secs to "find" the printer - messages come up saying "the printer hasn't responded - continue to wait?" - if I do wait, the print finally happens, but the process is way too slow. This seems like a vista issue, but if it could be my linksys router, my hp printer or something else please let me know!
My System Specs

09-08-2007	#2 (permalink)
Nigel Molesworth n/a posts	Re: Vista to Vista Network Printing -- Slow Performance Issue On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 05:14:03 -0700, Phil R <PhilR@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > messages come up saying "the printer >hasn't responded - continue to wait?" - if I do wait, the print finally >happens, but the process is way too slow. Is the host PC going to sleep?
My System Specs

09-09-2007	#3 (permalink)
Phil R n/a posts	Re: Vista to Vista Network Printing -- Slow Performance Issue Nope - I haven't even started the screen saver yet. "Nigel Molesworth" wrote: Quote: > On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 05:14:03 -0700, Phil R <PhilR@xxxxxx> > wrote: > Quote: > > messages come up saying "the printer > >hasn't responded - continue to wait?" - if I do wait, the print finally > >happens, but the process is way too slow. > > Is the host PC going to sleep? > >
My System Specs

09-15-2007	#4 (permalink)
Phil R n/a posts	Re: Vista to Vista Network Printing -- Slow Performance Issue Haven't fixed this - but thought would post for others -- It is not a network/printer problem - the issue is Microsoft Word 2003! All other apps print at normal speeds - and even Excel 2003 is OK. Still can't figure out why Word 2003 on my Vista machine worked fine when printing to an XP-hosted printer, and now it is slow. Probably just a way to get me to by Word 2007 which I don't need....
My System Specs

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