Hey Gang, A little while ago I posted to 909 about the performance problems I was having with Windows XP SP2 when the box prints through Samba. I tried different versions of Samba, had Samba use cups instead of /etc/printcap, used IPs instead of names and Disabled NetBIOS over TCP/IP, but none fixed the slowness that SP2 apparently introduced. Since then, a few work-arounds have been posted on the net. The first one is a registry hack that I have had some luck with. http://www.mail- archive.com/[email protected]/msg48978.html says to basically delete all entries for the slow printer(s) from the keys "DevModes2" and "DevModePerUser" in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Printers\Connections. This speeds up printing, but with one drawback, if a user changes the default settings for the printer a registry entry is put back in with this change and the printing becomes slow again. The second option I will be trying this week. According to MicroSoft at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/893225, printing performance problems occur after you install Windows XP Service Pack 2! This hotfix can be obtained by contacting Microsoft Product Support Services. It will be interesting to try this update to see if all aspects of printing through Samba return to normal.
Aaron
