Sean O'Malley wrote:
> I am at wits end on how to deal with this problem.
> We have Win2k machines printing pdf's or other images through samba to the
> lprng spooler and then off to the directjet on HP8100N series printers.
>
> Currently some of these jobs take 30min/page to print tying up the print
> queue. I have tried both PJL and Postscript drivers from windows and that
> doesn't seem to make a difference. I have screwed around with the
> network buffering (which did make the jobs spool faster but not print
> faster.), I don't think it is samba or lpd because they both seem to be
> spooling quickly.
Try rebooting the printer. We had two of these beasts and they
gradually got slower and slower but a reboot fixed them up. It
is my belief that its memory was getting fragmented. (Sort of
typical of HP software/firmware)
Supposedly there was a fix: A guy I made contact with in the
inner sanctums of HP said the following:
> To address your second question I spoke with our Jet direct boys and they
> said there should be a firmware download for your jet direct card that
will
> resolve the slow printing issue, also our corporate team who supports the
> 8150 also suggested that the firmware in the printer be upgraded if it
> hasn't been. Both of this can be downloaded from www.hp.com. The printer
> firmware should be at www.hp.com/support/lj8150 your jet direct card would
> www.hp.com/support/(the model of card you have, for example JD600N). I
hope
> this helps you out.
I never did apply these patches but someone of my aquaintance tried
upgrading the printer firmware and she said it didn't help. I have
no idea who might have tried the Jet Direct card update. Unfortunately
I no longer work there and can't go and try it myself.
Like the man said, "I hope this helps". If you do succeed please let
the rest of us know and I can at least pass this to my ex compatriots.
Also if you find a "Unix" version of the update let us know that too.
Jim
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