Anonymous Posted on Sep 01, 2014

Why is my printer going slow after only 3 or 4 sheets and almost stopping by the 5th print

Using windows XP on my computer, both computer and printer have latest updates but after first 3 or 4 sheets the printer slows right down in speed and almost stops by the 5th sheet. please help. Colin

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First question, has the printing behaviour changed or has it always printed this way? If this is new then something has likely changed on your computer. Common problem is updates for programs like Adobe Acrobat which often cause printing problems. Try printing from a couple of different programs so you can determine if all programs are suffering this issue or if it is just one program or type of file you are trying to print.

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Anonymous

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Posted on Feb 25, 2008

SOURCE: HP PSC 1410 All-In-One printer speed is slow

Hello Sir,

I would like to provide you few workaround steps, you may try to improve the printing speed on the computer.

Delete all the Temporary files:

For Windows XP:
(1) Click Start >> In the Run window, type "%temp%" which opens temporary files folder.
(2) Delete all the files that are listed over there.

If Windows Vista:
(1) Click Start >> Programs >> Accessories >> In the Run window, type "%temp%" and press enter.
(2) Delete all the files listed under temporary files folder.

Another Workaround:
(1) Click Start >> Printer and Faxes.
(2) Right click on the Printer icon which is set as default and select properties.
(3) Click on Advance Tab.
(4) put a check mark on "Print Directly to printer" option.
(5) Click Apply and Ok.

Hope this solution would be helpful in resolving the issue that you are experiencing.

With Regards,
Ashesburn..

Anonymous

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Posted on Jun 20, 2008

SOURCE: Problem HP 1320 not responding

Try changing to a new USB cable

Anonymous

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Posted on Nov 21, 2008

SOURCE: Printer prints all pages on one sheet of paper

what application are you printing from? also, can you do a print preview to see if there are more than one page? if that works, then your printer mechanism is not following the driver information from the print queue manager.

Anonymous

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Posted on Oct 11, 2009

SOURCE: After turning on printer, prints initial "blank" sheet

You can fix this by turning off bidirectional support:

- Right click your printer, select properties
- go to the ports tab, uncheck Enable bidirectional support.

Your printer has to be turned on before printing.

That fixed the extra page printing S1M problem for me.

Testimonial: "Solution worked great and will save future trees by not wasting paper! Thanks for the help."

Anonymous

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Posted on Nov 05, 2010

SOURCE: colour laserjet HP cp2025 keeps going into cleaning mode - why ?

Re: CP2025 cleaning at every possible moment Talked to HP support and fixed mine by changing Settings/Paper Handling/Tray 2 Type to "Heavy 111-130g"
All paper handling settings as follows:

Default Paper Size: Letter
Default Paper Type: Plain
Manual Feed: Off Duplex: Off Bind: Long Edge
Tray 1 Size: Any size Tray 1 Type: Any Type Tray 2 Size: Letter Tray 2 Type: Heavy 111-130g
Paper Out Handling

Specify Time and Action Paper Out Time: 0 Seconds
Paper Out Action:
Override

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