Digital BW, The Print

Hi Folks;

I'm printing on my Epson 1280 with the QuadToneRip and I like what I am 
seeing! However one thing I have noticed is that whenever I am 
outputting a print the printer pauses a lot at irregular intervals for 
no apparent reason. I have even tried closing all other applications 
other than photoshop to devote all my computer resources to printing to 
no avail.

Whenever I print with the Epson driver the printer churns right along 
with out any interruptions or hesitations.

It this a common problem with QTR or GIMP-PRINT ?

I'm running a G4/733 with 768 RAM on OS 10.2.8 ( Jaguar ). I'm making 
small prints = 8x10.

Any thoughts are very appreciated!

-Jeff