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Printer slow to respond

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by hugo phurst

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How do I change the priority the system gives to printing. Symptom is I try to print (Lexmark X73) and the Control Program box pops up. Then it can stay anywhere from 5 to 20 minutes before printing actualy starts. I tried a reinstall of XP Home and the problem persists, which leaves me to beleive it's a registryt setting I want. Also, used Twaek-XP for a few items but not printing.

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by carlos.nino

Maybe it's just a printer driver problem.
Be sure to use the latest XP drivers from Lexmark and, if that fails (or you already have tried it), try generic drivers.
My HP 800PS plotter plots twice as fast with a Novajet 750 driver than with HP's drivers in Windows 2000.

by bughunter

Try disabling bi-directional communication, if that helps then find out if the printer supports bi-directional communication and if it does then the printer cable may not be the proper type.

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