Not sure if you have a sniffer or other tool like wireshark - http://www.wireshark.org/download.html you could use on your server to see what is happening when you send the print through it vs. doing a direct print from a workstation, but that may be another option to "see" what's happening at a low level. You could do a test to the Konica and then to the Lexmark and try to see if there are any big differences in response time, packets, etc.
----- Original Message ---- From: Shawn Everett <[email protected]> To: NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, July 6, 2010 12:34:49 PM Subject: Re: Slow Printing We've tried moving the printer to a different switch already. No luck. Ping times are perfect. 325 pings <1ms with no packet loss. Interestingly bringing up the printer properties page also takes a couple of seconds. Using LPD printing didn't make a difference. Good thoughts thanks. Shawn > How about putting one of the ok lexmarks on the port where the Konica is > and see what happens? > Also maybe compare the network settings on the lexmark vs. Konica? > Pings come back ok for all ? > Does the Konica configuration print out look okay or the web management > page that shows it's stats and settings? > Anything showing up in the event vwr on the server relating to the Konica? > > Just a few quick things to look at... > > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Candee Vaglica <[email protected]> > To: NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]> > Sent: Tue, July 6, 2010 11:48:21 AM > Subject: Re: Slow Printing > > > Try setting the ports manually. > Is it possible to try connecting the printer on the same switch as the > server? > I had a problem with a Xerox that drove me nuts - until we ran the cable > to the main switch. > > > On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 12:45 PM, Shawn Everett <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi All, >> >>I have a newly installed Windows 2003 R2 domain controller. There are >>three locally configured network printers set up on it. >> >>The two Lexmark printers print just fine without issues. >> >>I have a Konica Minolta C353 that does not print quickly. Printing >>something as simple as a Windows test page takes almost a full minute >>when/if it prints. >> >>Both the server and the Konica printer are connected to the same switch. >>A Cisco Catalyst 2960. Both ports are set to Auto Negotiate. >> >>Small print jobs printing from an XP workstation with the printer >>configured locally rather than via the share seems to print OK 90% of the >>time. Large print jobs are unreliable. >> >>We've tried multiple drivers without success. The printer vendor is >>claiming the printer is OK. >> >>Any suggestions on where to look next would be appreciated. >> >>Shawn >> >> >>~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >>~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
