Digital BW, The Print

Yes, it would help a lot.  You might consider a whole new system if possible.  Good XP systems should be fast and reliable for years.

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Richard Smallfield 
  To: Digital BW Print 
  Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 9:58 PM
  Subject: [Digital BW] USB 2 question


  Hi,
  my PC is so old it only has USB1; my Epson 2100 is incredibly slow (esp with the Epson driver - QTR is faster). Would getting a USB2 port installed greatly increase the speed of the printer?

  I'm printing large numbers of greeting cards ( http://picasaweb.google.com/rsmallfield/GreetingCards )and would like to speed things up. 

  thanks,
  Richard
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In a message dated 5/9/07 1:01:54 AM, r.smallfield@... writes:


> my PC is so old it only has USB1; my Epson 2100 is incredibly slow (esp 
> with the Epson driver - QTR is faster). Would getting a USB2 port installed 
> greatly increase the speed of the printer?
> 

The potential speed of USB2 is far more impressive than the actual speeds, it 
doesn't live up to its potential as FireWire does. Other factors in your old 
computer may cause other bottlenecks as well, but the real issue is how much 
faster USB2 printing will actually be in your configuration. I'd reccommend 
borrowing a laptop with USB2 from a friend, and seeing what it gains you before 
bothering. 

C. David Tobie
Product Technology Manager
ColorVision Business Unit
Datacolor Inc.
CDTobie@...
www.colorvision.com


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