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<H1>[Samba] Slow printing on Windows XP SP2 -- no solution?</H1>
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TITLE="[Samba] Slow printing on Windows XP SP2 -- no solution?">paulg at cs.yorku.ca
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<I>Thu Feb 17 21:07:43 GMT 2005</I>
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Thank you for choosing Online Support for your Microsoft Technical
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Support offering. My name is Amy and I will be assisting you with
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this service request. For your reference, the Case ID of this service request is
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In your case log, you've indicated that you have installed Service
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Pack 2. However, when trying to print from a network printer, the
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printer preference box and setup dialog box take a long time to load and
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then, the print slows down. We shall be working to resolve this specific issue
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through the course of the case. If I have misunderstood your concern,
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</I> Before we go further, I would like to explain that the solution
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mentioned in the KB329234 has been included in the installation of
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That is to say, if the problem occurs after installation Service Pack
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2, it can be caused by different factor.
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According to my experience, I suggest that we perform the steps
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below to add this network printer to the local port of this SP2
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computer and resolve the issue.
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Let's now follow the steps to create a local printer, and then
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redirect the port to the network server.
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1. Click Start, click Control Panel and open Printers and Faxes.
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2. In the left column, please choose Add A Printer.
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3. Click Next and choose "Local Printer attached to this computer"
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4. The printer wizard will search the printer and it will prompt you
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that it cannot find a plug and play printer. Please click Next
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5. Click to choose "Create a new port" and choose "Local Port";
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6. Type in the server and printer name for the printer in
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\\ServerName\PrinterName syntax in the pop up open box. Click OK.
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7. Use the new port for the local printer.
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If you are prompted for a password, there may not be a field in
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Windows XP in which to enter a password. Reset the password on the
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destination computer to be blank.
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Restart the computer and test if our printer issue has been
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On Thu, Feb 10, 2005 at 08:10:13PM +0000, Eddy wrote:
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><i> I browsed through some posts about this issue which I've been struggling with
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</I>><i> for a long time now. Why is there no solution?
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</I>><i> I think this issue has been discussed so many times (with no final solution)
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</I>><i> that I don't need to rewrite the symptoms and logs. Printer HP LaserJet 1100
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</I>><i> with latest HP drivers. Smb 3.0.7 (also tried 3.0.12pre with no difference in
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</I>><i> printing time).
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</I>><i> This is what I hate about non-commercial software..
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