Digital BW, The Print

Hi all

I am slowly migrating to a Mac from Win XP. When I print an 8x10 
from the Mac it seems to be about 5x slower than the PC. Is this 
normal or do I possibly have something installed incorrectly? Using 
USB.

BTW - I have to admit if it is slower, I will learn to live with it 
because it sure seems to be much better.

Bill

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "yanceyiv"
<bvaughn4@k...> wrote:
> 
> Hi all
> 
> I am slowly migrating to a Mac from Win XP. When I print an 8x10 
> from the Mac it seems to be about 5x slower than the PC. Is this 
> normal or 

I've never heard claims of any significant difference in printing
speeds (Mac vs Win); does your problem extend to printing color from
PS--or just for B&W printing (using other software)...?

>do I possibly have something installed incorrectly? Using 
> USB.

For an answer to that question you'd have to tell us more--like what
is the actual printing time for an 8x10 and what driver settings (is
"Hi Speed" mode on/off, etc.?). What is your OS X version (10.2x,
10.3x ?) and how much RAM...

Phil

Sorry for the lack of info. I guess I was trying to get a general idea if the Mac platform was 
typically slower printing than the PC platform. As I said, the quality seems better to me, so 
it will surely be worth the wait if it is.

Here is my current config: OS X 10.3.8, 1 GB memory, 1.67 ghz processor. Printing of an 
8x10 seems to take about 8-9 minutes. On the PC it was taking about 3-4 min for the 
same picture.  High speed set to Faster, Resolution 1440 Super. 

Thanks

Bill

> 
> For an answer to that question you'd have to tell us more--like what
> is the actual printing time for an 8x10 and what driver settings (is
> "Hi Speed" mode on/off, etc.?). What is your OS X version (10.2x,
> 10.3x ?) and how much RAM...
> 
> Phil