Re: Canon ip4000: suddenly 10x slower printing

This is a guess, because i do not own any Canon printers, and don't know the software, but in general this type of problem is the result of inadequate printer spool file area on the hard drive.

There needs to be adequate space to rasterize the image on the hard drive. Look for where the spooler is for your OS (for XP it is in the Windows\system32\spool set of sub-folders. The files that
you will be looking for are those with a set of letters and numbers
followed by a .tmp extension.

If some files became corrupted within the spooler they can take up a lot of space and cause this problem. They should be removed. To do so you should do your search for orphaned files after a rebooting of the computer and before you send any new print jobs to the printer. Under those conditions any .tmp files you find in the folders under the Spool folder would be orphaned print job files.

Also, lack of contiguous space (highly fragmented drive) can cause problems, or if the same partition is being used for virtual memory and photoshop scratch disk, it can not leave enough for the spooler files.

Defrag the partition, make sure the spooler folder is clear of orphans and make sure it isn't competing with other virtual spaces from other programs.

Also, if you are using USB connections, make sure nothing else is interrupting with the data stream, like a new USB device, or an old one that is corrupted in some manner.

Art

DC wrote:

My trusted ip4000 with about 10 000 full color borderless printing under the hood
suddenly started printing real slow. After printing some 200 pages (this time
simple b&w pages) in the morning it stopped printing. The printer driver displayd
an error (there was no more info about the cause of problem) and requested to
turn off the printer. After done so it started working again. Every page at every
setting is real slow. It prints a few millimeters and pauses, then prints some
more and pauses. Even printing test page is slow. Pages come out as usual.

What the heck?

I am printing with non-OEM ink galore (this bit for measekite who is killfiled)
.

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