Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "lestihor"
<tihor@...> wrote:
>
> Frank and others,
> 
> I tried printing from my laptop and the result was the same as with 
> my desktop. The 2200 printer seems to get tired half way throught 
> the 8X10 print and finally almost stops. So it seems that the 
> problem is in the printer rather than the computer. Any ideas short 
> of sending it to be serviced? Any secrets on cleaning that may help?
> 
> Les
> 

Another performance tuning tip for Windows XP - turn off the 'Indexing
Service' on each of your hard drives. In Windows Explorer, right click
on the drive and select Properties. Then un-check the box that says
'Allow Indexing Service to index this disk for fast file searching'. I
think after that you may be asked by Windows whether to do this for
all folders & files underneath the root folder, in this case say
'yes'. This may take some time to process, but it's worth it.

If left on, which AFAIK is the default for Win XP, this indexing
service can kick in at odd times & start consuming CPU and accessing
your hard drives, slowing the machine down. In principle I think it
can do silly things like trying to index printer temporary spool files
while they're being used ...

HTH

Alan