XP SP2 & Epson printers

[eblaster]

Hi,

I'm running XP SP2 (Pro and Home) on all PCs on my LAN. I have an EpsonC86
printer connected via USB to an XP Home system. Printing to this printer
from any other PC over the LAN is very very slow. What I mean is that it
can take almost 5 minutes before it will start to print (printing is normal
speed at that point). Printing locally is
almost instant. I have the latest epson drivers dated 10/19/04. I also
have HP officejet6100 series printer connected to an XP Pro PC and all pcs
can print to this one with ease (meaning it starts to print almost
instantly). Has anyone else
seen this with Epson printers in this scenario? Any suggestions?

Thanks

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

XP Home only has a connection limitation of 5. The 6th PC has to wait until
one of the others disconnects before it can 'get through'. Either connect
the printer to an XP Pro PC (10 connection limit) or use a Print Server:

http://www.linksys.com/products/group.asp?grid=34&scid=32

 

[eblaster]

Interesting, but if that is the issue I would expect an immediate failure
and and an appropriate message and I doubt if that was the cause I would see
the long delay before the printing actually occurs? Regardless, there are
only a total of 4 PCs on the LAN.

Thanks

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

Router, hub or switch?

 

[eblaster]

hubs

Router, hub or switch?

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

That's your problem. Use a switch or router.

 

[eblaster]

No, I don't think that's the problem at all. My other printers work fine.

 

[Peter Aragon]

Rule out any firewall issues caused by the default turned on behavior of it
in SP2. Also go to the exceptions tab of the firewall options to check File
and Printer Sharing.

Good luck,
Peter

 

[eblaster]

I tried all that but no improvement.
Thanks

Rule out any firewall issues caused by the default turned on behavior of
it in SP2. Also go to the exceptions tab of the firewall options to check
File and Printer Sharing.

Good luck,
Peter