Dell All-In-One 942 slow to print mystery

[Robbie]

I have installed a Dell All-inOne 942 printer on a new Toshiba laptop with
Vista over USB.

When printing the job sits in the print queue for something like 5 minutes
and then the Dell Print monitor finally appears and the job starts to print.
When printing the page also takes a long time to print.

I have downloaded the Vista driver from the Dell website.

I have tried the same printer using a Dell Desktop with Vista and pages
print within seconds. I have tried several USB cables in case there was some
issue with USB 1 and 2.

Printing is fine when used as a stand alone printer.

I would be greatful for any insight into what may be happening.

THANK YOU in advance.

Robbie

 

[Arthur Entlich]

Not sure, but make sure you have the correct driver loaded as the
default driver for your printer. This may be a conflict or even a bad
USB cable or connection. Try other USB devices and make sure they work
properly. I have ahd a LOT of trouble isolating USB issues a few times.
In those cases, it was the USB cable at fault. As soon as I replaced
it the problem was solved. I imagine some cables have poor grounding or
shielding or just poor intermittent connections.

Not saying that's the definite cause, but if you have a few cables
around, worth considering to test.

You might also try removing and reinstalling the driver. With USB
connections, usually you must load the drivers before plugging the
peripheral into a USB port, or the drivers will get corrupted or load
wrong components. Also, Dell printers are usually rebadged Lexmark, and
those drivers are often "wonky".

Art