CPU Usage Increases when printing

[A P]

Hi!

I have AMD Sempron 2.2GHz Processor with 256MB of RAM with Symantec AV, MS
O2KSP3, & HPDJ3350 Printer. When trying to print a simple word document with
images, CPU Usage increases til 100% and it takes 5 minutes just to print
that file! What I did is I increase the pagefile but no effect. Anyone can
help me?

Me

 

[R. McCarty]

How is the printer connected (Parallel or USB)? If parallel, the port may
not be operating in the most efficient mode. From BIOS you might need
to change the Parallel port to ECP+EPP or at the least Bi-directional.
If USB, then the printer may not be setup correctly for Spooling - where
the document is held in disk space and sent to the printer as it's internal
memory can queue more parts of the document.
Spooling is an XP service "Print Spooler" that must be set to Automatic
and running. Also, check the Advanced options tab of the printer. Options
vary from vendor to vendor, but taking a "Reset to Default" may correct
your issues.

 

[S.Sengupta]

look at the event viewer,start>control panel>administrative tools>event
viewer.

Reinstall/update the printer's driver.

Also scan your system with latest virus definitioned
antivirus/adaware/spybot/CWShredder.Run all the latest versions in safe
mode.
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojgraybirda.html

256mb RAM is not enough.Try to increase it.

regards,
ssg MS-MVP

 

[Kelly]

And HP support said..... In the meantime, do some reading here:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&q=CPU+Usage+Increases+when+printing+HP

--
All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

 

[Jim Macklin]

Most printers have no built-in processing so all the print
commands must come from the system CPU. If the document has
embedded images, the location of those images must be
calculated as the page is prepared to be sent to the
printer.
If the printer is set to begin printing as soon as possible,
pages will be sent to the printer while other pages are
still being formatted and this is a very intensive
operation.

Make sure you have an adequate amount of memory assigned to
the print spooler (cache memory for the printer) and set the
printer to begin printing after the pages are formatted.
That will reduce the CPU load.


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| And HP support said..... In the meantime, do some reading
here:
|
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&q=CPU+Usage+Increases+when+printing+HP
|
| --
| All the Best,
| Kelly (MS-MVP)
|
| Troubleshooting Windows XP
| http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
|
|
| | > Hi!
| >
| > I have AMD Sempron 2.2GHz Processor with 256MB of RAM
with Symantec AV, MS
| > O2KSP3, & HPDJ3350 Printer. When trying to print a
simple word document
| > with
| > images, CPU Usage increases til 100% and it takes 5
minutes just to print
| > that file! What I did is I increase the pagefile but no
effect. Anyone can
| > help me?
| >
| > Me
| >
| >
|
|