Common Vista Problem - Network printing

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John Monahan

No wonder people are frustrated going to Vista from XP! Here is my latest
issue:-

I want to run a few printers from my Windows Home Server (WHS). As a typical
example I loaded on to WHS the latest HP WHS driver for a HP 4050T LaserJet
printer. Its their newest "Universal driver" whatever that actually means.
Anyway I can print from the WHS computer immediately and perfectly fine.
Likewise if I assign any XP machine the WHS as a network printer and it too
prints fine and immediately.

Here's the problem.... if I try to connect this exact same printer up to my
Vista (business) machine, first it takes about 5 minutes to configure. It
then takes forever to print even the test page. I have a gadget that shows
net activity. "Signals" are sent spaced apart 5-20 seconds apart between the
two computers. I read extensively over the web forums and tried the obvious
things such as:-

Disconnecting the Vista firewall - No difference

With gpedit.msc etc enabling the rendering of print jobs on the server,
(normally unconfigured) - No difference.

In "Add printer" instead of adding the printer as a network printer, adding
the printer as a local port using Server:printer name. - No difference.

I can even run the printer from a TrendNet TE100-P21 Print server box. It
runs fine with Vista as well. This appears to be a problem with another HP
Printer (a 5600), as well. Prints fine as a network printer with XP, five
minutes per page with Vista!

There seems to be something slowing the Vista communication to the
printer(so) on WHS to a crawl. This is not the case for any other
communication between Vista and WHS (e.g. file transfers).

I have spent an enormous amount of time and frustrating trying to figure out
what the problem is. I would really appreciate some help from experts here.
 
John Monahan said:
No wonder people are frustrated going to Vista from XP! Here is my latest
issue:-

I want to run a few printers from my Windows Home Server (WHS). As a
typical example I loaded on to WHS the latest HP WHS driver for a HP 4050T
LaserJet printer.
Click to expand...

Lurking in this group, it seems to me that most of the network printing
problems with Vista seem to be with HP printers.....I have a Samsung CLP
300N connected direct to my network (not through a server I have to admit)
and have had no real problems at all in printing to it from my Vista
machine - and that's with wireless as well! I wonder if it's something about
HP printers that Vista doesn't like.....
 
Thanks so much RehabMan. What you suggested worked great! I now have two HP
printers, a HP 4050T Laserjet (B&W) and a HP DeskJet 5860 (Color) working
perfectly from the WHS. I can send print jobs from any Vista or XP machine
immediately with no problems. Your help saved me no end of frustration
thanks again.
 
Lurking in this group, it seems to me that most of the network printing
problems with Vista seem to be with HP printers.....I have a Samsung CLP
300N connected direct to my network (not through a server I have to admit)
and have had no real problems at all in printing to it from my Vista
machine - and that's with wireless as well! I wonder if it's something about
HP printers that Vista doesn't like.....
Click to expand...

It's probably more related to the fact that HP sells a LOT of
printers.

DDW
 
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