HP 812 C..... so slow

[JJ]

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I have an HP 812C printer connected to a machine running 98SE and
usually print from Works but the problem is the same whatever. Not
using USB.

I send a print job to the printer and I might as well go bake bread
cause this thing takes forever to complete.

Any ideas?

jj

 

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"JJ" <jimmyjmac@videotron.ca> wrote in message
news:c4cb33f5.0404131724.4eae9fc8@posting.google.com...
> I have an HP 812C printer connected to a machine running 98SE and
> usually print from Works but the problem is the same whatever. Not
> using USB.
>
> I send a print job to the printer and I might as well go bake bread
> cause this thing takes forever to complete.

How about a bit more information. What takes a long time - waiting for the
printer to start printing or the actual printing? Does the carriage pause for
5-8 seconds at the end of every swath? Does it take many many swaths to print
a page? What kind of paper are you printing?

Regards,
Bob Headrick, not speaking for my employer HP
Microsoft MVP

 

[JJ]

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"Bob Headrick" <bobh@proaxis.com> wrote in message news:<107pe1k92hef0a9@corp.supernews.com>...
> "JJ" <jimmyjmac@videotron.ca> wrote in message
> news:c4cb33f5.0404131724.4eae9fc8@posting.google.com...
> > I have an HP 812C printer connected to a machine running 98SE and
> > usually print from Works but the problem is the same whatever. Not
> > using USB.
> >
> > I send a print job to the printer and I might as well go bake bread
> > cause this thing takes forever to complete.
>
> How about a bit more information. What takes a long time - waiting for the
> printer to start printing or the actual printing? Does the carriage pause for
> 5-8 seconds at the end of every swath? Does it take many many swaths to print
> a page? What kind of paper are you printing?
>
> Regards,
> Bob Headrick, not speaking for my employer HP
> Microsoft MVP
The printer works fine, no carrage pause nothing like that. Its the
amount of time before it begins to print. The delay is less after a
defrag but its nothing close to when I first installed the machine.
JJ