HP LaserJet Series II printer problem

[BillW]

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I have an HP LaserJet Series II printer connected to my XP computer through
a parallel port. When any print job starts, my computer slows to a crawl.
Even trying to click on My Documents or My Computer, much less start a
program, can take up to 30 seconds to get any response. Once the print job
is complete, everything returns to normal. I have a 2MHz+ computer with
almost 1g of memory. There's plenty of memory in the printer and plenty of
HD. I would appreciate any help you can give me. This is a little more
than just an inconvenience. Thanks

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax (More info?)

that's the parallel bus

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;318273&Product=winxp
100 Percent CPU Usage Occurs When You Print on an LPT Printer Port
--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
;kbhowto]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto

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"BillW" <xxx@xxx.com> wrote in message
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> I have an HP LaserJet Series II printer connected to my XP computer
through
> a parallel port. When any print job starts, my computer slows to a crawl.
> Even trying to click on My Documents or My Computer, much less start a
> program, can take up to 30 seconds to get any response. Once the print
job
> is complete, everything returns to normal. I have a 2MHz+ computer with
> almost 1g of memory. There's plenty of memory in the printer and plenty
of
> HD. I would appreciate any help you can give me. This is a little more
> than just an inconvenience. Thanks
>
>