long delay before printing

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i'm using xp home edition sp2 and an epson photo R800. The problem is, when
I print a document or photo, I sometimes have to wait upto a couple of hours
for it to print. I have changed the print priority to 99 but still the same.
I have re-installed the drivers and checked all the settings and i can't see
anything thats different as it used to print immediatly. I have tried
changing to print immediatly after first page/after last page and everything
else i can think of. I also have another PC on my w/less network sharing this
printer but this has the same delay,please help!

 

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

These articles may help. I'd also check for Spyware which seems to be the
most common cause of messing up things that used to work. See this page:

http://www.aumha.org/a/parasite.htm

Then if it's still not working, go through these articles.

Troubleshooting general printing problems in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314085

Resources for troubleshooting printing problems in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308028

PattyL

"bry25_uk" <bry25uk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E299F46A-B2FF-45EF-8949-0C0ADF55A8B8@microsoft.com...
> i'm using xp home edition sp2 and an epson photo R800. The problem is,
> when
> I print a document or photo, I sometimes have to wait upto a couple of
> hours
> for it to print. I have changed the print priority to 99 but still the
> same.
> I have re-installed the drivers and checked all the settings and i can't
> see
> anything thats different as it used to print immediatly. I have tried
> changing to print immediatly after first page/after last page and
> everything
> else i can think of. I also have another PC on my w/less network sharing
> this
> printer but this has the same delay,please help!

 

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

i just started experiencing this as well...and discovered that i couldn't use
the
spooler service. when i set it to print directly to the printer...i can
print...still looking for an answer. i recently had to rebuild the o/s from
scratch to sp2.
Couldn't find anything specific in the xp support threads...so started
looking here, and yours is the closest yet...

"bry25_uk" wrote:

> i'm using xp home edition sp2 and an epson photo R800. The problem is, when
> I print a document or photo, I sometimes have to wait upto a couple of hours
> for it to print. I have changed the print priority to 99 but still the same.
> I have re-installed the drivers and checked all the settings and i can't see
> anything thats different as it used to print immediatly. I have tried
> changing to print immediatly after first page/after last page and everything
> else i can think of. I also have another PC on my w/less network sharing this
> printer but this has the same delay,please help!