This is beginning to drive me nuts so any help will save my sanity. Ok.. we have about 50 network printers, divided onto 3 print servers. (2k3 Servers)All HP printers. We replaced an end-of-life printer with a new one (3015) and everyone who prints to it complains that there is a long delay whenever sending an initial print job to it! The second print job prints instantly. But let it sit for a few minutes and the delay is back. And this happens with every program they use-Excel, Word, Outlook anything. I’ve tried changing print drivers, I’ve played with the settings e.g. ‘print directly to printer’ etc…no luck. So, I tried installing that printer on a user’s pc using a local TCP/IP port (using the ip of the printer, and the same driver that is installed on the server) and it prints perfectly! Any ideas what could be causing this lag in printing?
