I have been using an HP455CA printer for over seven years. Originally it operated using the supplied HP RIP under OS9. I now use it under OS10.4 with the built-in system print driver utilizing GimpPrint.
The printer has always printed slow under OSX. I recently upgraded my computer to a Dual 2.3 G5 with 2.5 GB of ram. I anticipated that the printing would be faster, but it is not.
It appears that the slow printing is due to two reasons:
1. Slow spooling. The actual printing, or "ripping" takes very little time on the computer. But it takes many minutes for the information to spool.
2. The printer waits for all information to spool before printing.
Under OS9, the printer would print during the spooling process. As a result the printer would print continuously, only waiting while the print dried before cutting. It would print while it was ripping.
Currently it often takes 15 minutes to print one greyscale print. This is a tedious process to run any quantity of prints.
So the question is, does anyone know how to speed up the spooling process? And does anyone know why the printer waits for all spooled info prior to starting to print?
The printer is hooked up to a JetDirect Ex Plus which is connected by Ethernet to a Router and Switch.
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I have been using an HP455CA printer for over seven years. Originally it operated using the supplied HP RIP under OS9. I now use it under OS10.4 with the built-in system print driver utilizing GimpPrint.
The printer has always printed slow under OSX. I recently upgraded my computer to a Dual 2.3 G5 with 2.5 GB of ram. I anticipated that the printing would be faster, but it is not.
It appears that the slow printing is due to two reasons:
1. Slow spooling. The actual printing, or "ripping" takes very little time on the computer. But it takes many minutes for the information to spool.
2. The printer waits for all information to spool before printing.
Under OS9, the printer would print during the spooling process. As a result the printer would print continuously, only waiting while the print dried before cutting. It would print while it was ripping.
Currently it often takes 15 minutes to print one greyscale print. This is a tedious process to run any quantity of prints.
So the question is, does anyone know how to speed up the spooling process? And does anyone know why the printer waits for all spooled info prior to starting to print?
The printer is hooked up to a JetDirect Ex Plus which is connected by Ethernet to a Router and Switch.
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