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Slow Printing to Shared PrinterI recently replaced an HP LaserJet 2100 with an HP LaserJet 2420 connected
on LPT1 on one computer and shared on a five node Windows XP peer-to-peer network. The users have been complainng about slow print speed ( time to spool rather than time actually printing). I called HP techical support and they said they DO NOT support printer networking this way - and want me to buy a $389 JetDirect adapter. They also indicated that Microsoft supports printer sharing not HP. Does anyone here have any suggestions that can help printer performance in this situation. BTW the printer is connected by a 25 foot IEEE 1284 compliant cable and the printer can not be "seen" using HP LaserJet "tool" program on the host machine. HP says they only support a 5 foot cable. Any thoughts about this as well. Jim Snively Jim Snively wrote:
Show quoteHide quote > I recently replaced an HP LaserJet 2100 with an HP LaserJet 2420 If the LJ2420 has an ethernet connection, use it. If it doesn't,> connected on LPT1 on one computer and shared on a five node Windows XP > peer-to-peer > network. The users have been complainng about slow print speed ( time > to > spool rather than time actually printing). I called HP techical > support and they said they DO NOT support printer networking this way > - and want me to > buy a $389 JetDirect adapter. They also indicated that Microsoft > supports > printer sharing not HP. Does anyone here have any suggestions that > can help printer performance in this situation. > > BTW the printer is connected by a 25 foot IEEE 1284 compliant cable > and the printer can not be "seen" using HP LaserJet "tool" program on > the host > machine. HP says they only support a 5 foot cable. Any thoughts > about this as well. purchase a simple network print server. Linksys and Netgear are two major companies that make reasonably-priced print servers. You're always going to have problems with the printer connected locally. Malke Disable document rendering on the "server" and have the clients perform this
task. Printer Properties, Advanced, Enable advanced printing features Uncheck this feature and the documents will be processed on the clients, then sent to the "server" and redirected to the printer. Also, what is the recommended LPT configuration for the 2420? -- Show quoteHide quoteAlan Morris Windows Printing Team Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "Malke" <notreally@invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:eKVH4qr9GHA.1252@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Jim Snively wrote: > >> I recently replaced an HP LaserJet 2100 with an HP LaserJet 2420 >> connected on LPT1 on one computer and shared on a five node Windows XP >> peer-to-peer >> network. The users have been complainng about slow print speed ( time >> to >> spool rather than time actually printing). I called HP techical >> support and they said they DO NOT support printer networking this way >> - and want me to >> buy a $389 JetDirect adapter. They also indicated that Microsoft >> supports >> printer sharing not HP. Does anyone here have any suggestions that >> can help printer performance in this situation. >> >> BTW the printer is connected by a 25 foot IEEE 1284 compliant cable >> and the printer can not be "seen" using HP LaserJet "tool" program on >> the host >> machine. HP says they only support a 5 foot cable. Any thoughts >> about this as well. > > If the LJ2420 has an ethernet connection, use it. If it doesn't, > purchase a simple network print server. Linksys and Netgear are two > major companies that make reasonably-priced print servers. You're > always going to have problems with the printer connected locally. > > Malke > -- > Elephant Boy Computers > www.elephantboycomputers.com > "Don't Panic!" > MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User Alan,
HP recommends connecting the printer via a TCP/IP address. This means buying an ethernet adapter for the printer (JetDirect) or perhaps a less expensive printserver like Malke recommended. HP did say to use WinPrint as the print processor and RAW as the datatype. Before investing in additional hardware I will try disabling advanced printing features. The HP 2100 printer we replaced did not have the print performance issues we have with the new printer. Perhaps the HP LaserJet 2100 didn't have such features or we had them disabled. Jim Snively Show quoteHide quote "Alan Morris [MSFT]" <ala***@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:uRtcyxs9GHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > Disable document rendering on the "server" and have the clients perform > this task. > > Printer Properties, Advanced, Enable advanced printing features > > Uncheck this feature and the documents will be processed on the clients, > then sent to the "server" and redirected to the printer. > > Also, what is the recommended LPT configuration for the 2420? > > -- > Alan Morris > Windows Printing Team > Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here: > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto > > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no > rights. > > "Malke" <notreally@invalid.invalid> wrote in message > news:eKVH4qr9GHA.1252@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> Jim Snively wrote: >> >>> I recently replaced an HP LaserJet 2100 with an HP LaserJet 2420 >>> connected on LPT1 on one computer and shared on a five node Windows XP >>> peer-to-peer >>> network. The users have been complainng about slow print speed ( time >>> to >>> spool rather than time actually printing). I called HP techical >>> support and they said they DO NOT support printer networking this way >>> - and want me to >>> buy a $389 JetDirect adapter. They also indicated that Microsoft >>> supports >>> printer sharing not HP. Does anyone here have any suggestions that >>> can help printer performance in this situation. >>> >>> BTW the printer is connected by a 25 foot IEEE 1284 compliant cable >>> and the printer can not be "seen" using HP LaserJet "tool" program on >>> the host >>> machine. HP says they only support a 5 foot cable. Any thoughts >>> about this as well. >> >> If the LJ2420 has an ethernet connection, use it. If it doesn't, >> purchase a simple network print server. Linksys and Netgear are two >> major companies that make reasonably-priced print servers. You're >> always going to have problems with the printer connected locally. >> >> Malke >> -- >> Elephant Boy Computers >> www.elephantboycomputers.com >> "Don't Panic!" >> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User > > 
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