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Author Topic: S-L-O-W printing: DPR-1260 to Epson R1900  (Read 16473 times)

kvon

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S-L-O-W printing: DPR-1260 to Epson R1900
« on: December 16, 2008, 03:09:29 PM »
Actually, it's an intermittent problem.  Sometimes the prints come out at a speed normal for the printer, other times...  Put it this way - I did a 5½ x 8½ print, normal photo print quality, and it took 11min 37sec.  I did the exact same print over the USB connection - less than 30 sec.

Found a thread on another forum about setting the TCP/IP port protocol from Raw to LPR, and to enable the byte counting.  (Side note - I haven't found any explanation about what this means or what it does, if anyone could enlighten me I'd appreciate it).  At any rate, this didn't seem to work...  Still, it's like every other print goes at this snails pace print speed.

I'm running Windows XP.  Also, I see that the R1800 is on the compatibility list for this print server, but not the R1900 (too new).

Any ideas anyone??

Thanks...
« Last Edit: December 17, 2008, 05:54:01 AM by kvon »
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Lycan

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Re: S-L-O-W printing: DPR-1260 to Epson R1900
« Reply #1 on: December 17, 2008, 10:23:40 AM »
Is the print server connected wirelessly?
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kvon

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Re: S-L-O-W printing: DPR-1260 to Epson R1900
« Reply #2 on: December 17, 2008, 10:53:00 AM »
Yes - wireless print server.  Would it be useful for troubleshooting to try it hard-wired?
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Lycan

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Re: S-L-O-W printing: DPR-1260 to Epson R1900
« Reply #3 on: December 17, 2008, 11:29:05 AM »
yes, see if the lag is still there.

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kvon

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Re: S-L-O-W printing: DPR-1260 to Epson R1900
« Reply #4 on: December 17, 2008, 01:45:48 PM »
OK - I wired the print DPR-1260 to my computer through an ethernet cable.  Seems that it functions just fine in that configuration.

So what does this mean?  Please tell me that the answer is something other than "you gotta use it hard-wired"...?!

Thanks...
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arod

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Re: S-L-O-W printing: DPR-1260 to Epson R1900
« Reply #5 on: December 17, 2008, 03:09:59 PM »
Have you tried to update the driver for you wireless adapter?
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Lycan

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Re: S-L-O-W printing: DPR-1260 to Epson R1900
« Reply #6 on: December 17, 2008, 03:22:25 PM »
what router are you using as well?

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kvon

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Re: S-L-O-W printing: DPR-1260 to Epson R1900
« Reply #7 on: December 17, 2008, 03:38:26 PM »
By "wireless adapter", not sure if you're referring to the print server, or my wireless card on the computer?  The print server does have the latest version of firmware (v1.24).  Not sure about the card - would that make a difference?  I'll check...

The wireless router is a Linksys WRT54G.
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arod

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Re: S-L-O-W printing: DPR-1260 to Epson R1900
« Reply #8 on: December 17, 2008, 03:56:37 PM »
Yes the wireless card in your computer.. check to see if there are updated drivers for it.
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Lycan

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Re: S-L-O-W printing: DPR-1260 to Epson R1900
« Reply #9 on: December 17, 2008, 04:43:43 PM »
how far away form the router is the dpr-1260?

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kvon

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Re: S-L-O-W printing: DPR-1260 to Epson R1900
« Reply #10 on: December 18, 2008, 06:20:38 AM »
The router is no more than 30 feet away from the print server, going through a wall and a coffee table.  Don't have issues with any other aspect of the wireless however.  I actually have 2 printers hooked up to this print server, the other one being an hp 1320 laserjet.  No problems there whatsoever.

FWIW, I downloaded the latest version of the driver & configuration software for my (Netgear) wireless card.  I have doubts about whether the device driver has been updated to the latest version however, and am in contact with Netgears' tech non-support about it.  That's a "whole 'nother story" in itself - I'd love to rant but that's for another forum I suppose.  Anyways, will post when I've got it straightened out.

Thanks everyone, for all the input.

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kvon

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Re: S-L-O-W printing: DPR-1260 to Epson R1900
« Reply #11 on: December 19, 2008, 07:09:39 AM »
OK, I've confirmed that I DO have the latest drivers for the wireless card according to netgear.  As I write this I'm printing out a sheet with 2 5x7 photos on it, and it's been going for 21min now, still not finished.  Anyone have any suggestions?
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Lycan

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Re: S-L-O-W printing: DPR-1260 to Epson R1900
« Reply #12 on: December 19, 2008, 10:07:28 AM »
is the DPR rockin the latest code?

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kvon

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Re: S-L-O-W printing: DPR-1260 to Epson R1900
« Reply #13 on: December 19, 2008, 10:15:59 AM »
Yessir, Rocking - AND - a Rollin.  Firmware version 1.24.
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kvon

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Re: S-L-O-W printing: DPR-1260 to Epson R1900
« Reply #14 on: December 22, 2008, 09:09:43 AM »
Update - just discovered that if I print in wireless mode, a file in text mode with just some simple graphics (a web page for example), it prints at the normal speed.  So it's just the high res photos that are the issue...
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