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by jkeav634

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Problem printing on NT SP6a. Pentium 500MHz 256 MB Ram. User sends print job to Hp laserjet 4 and it takes about 5 minutes for the job to stop printing(not large documents, even test page does it). I checked the Performance monitor and see that the SPOOLSS.EXE is taking up 100% cpu resources. Tried reapplying the SP and still having trouble

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by ntrimmer

Try finding the newest driver for your printer. Also try deleting the printer and adding it again.

by alpha-male

Microsoft claims this was fixed with SP5....

http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q216905

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You may want to re-apply the service pack. If that doesn't help, I would update your printer drivers to the newest version, go under printer properties, details, and check your spool settings. Check the LTP settings (both in windows and in the BIOS).

I gather if you run a printer self-test it works normally? Is it slow printed directly fromthe server?

How is the printer hooked up? By a JetDirect card, to a parallel port, etc? Has it always had this behavior on this system, or did something change? Was new hardware/software installed prior to the change?

Give me a few more details and I'll try to help further. Good Luck!

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