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I have an HP 1220c that drives the CPU to 100% while printing. I need to
reduce the impact on the computer while printing because it interferes with
other things that the user is trying to do. I am looking for some setup
change that would help. I could get a faster printer, but I am worried that
the printer still would be limited by the CPU and not improve the situation.
I know the 1220c is not a WinPrinter, but I do not know if more modern
printers do more of the work in the printer rather than in the computer.
The computer is a 1.5GHz P4 with 768MB RAM and 1150MB of VM. The 1220c is
connected on LPT1 (ECP). The problem is during the spooler to printer phase,
not the program to spooler phase. I watched with perfmon and saw the 100%
CPU during most of the spooler to printer time. I saw almost no paging and
little disk activity. The CPU is flat at 100% (with little dips at page
breaks) for combination text/photo printed from Adobe Acrobat. The CPU
sawtooths between 90% and 100% for text printed from Word.
I have already bumped RAM from 256 to 768 and dropped the Print Server
(Print Spooler service) CPU priority. This reduced the impact on the user
from something that was much worse.
Would moving the printer from the ECP port to a USB port help?
Would a newer color printer reduce the load on the computer's CPU?
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Joe M
I have an HP 1220c that drives the CPU to 100% while printing. I need to
reduce the impact on the computer while printing because it interferes with
other things that the user is trying to do. I am looking for some setup
change that would help. I could get a faster printer, but I am worried that
the printer still would be limited by the CPU and not improve the situation.
I know the 1220c is not a WinPrinter, but I do not know if more modern
printers do more of the work in the printer rather than in the computer.
The computer is a 1.5GHz P4 with 768MB RAM and 1150MB of VM. The 1220c is
connected on LPT1 (ECP). The problem is during the spooler to printer phase,
not the program to spooler phase. I watched with perfmon and saw the 100%
CPU during most of the spooler to printer time. I saw almost no paging and
little disk activity. The CPU is flat at 100% (with little dips at page
breaks) for combination text/photo printed from Adobe Acrobat. The CPU
sawtooths between 90% and 100% for text printed from Word.
I have already bumped RAM from 256 to 768 and dropped the Print Server
(Print Spooler service) CPU priority. This reduced the impact on the user
from something that was much worse.
Would moving the printer from the ECP port to a USB port help?
Would a newer color printer reduce the load on the computer's CPU?
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Joe M