Re: Network printer slows opening of Word 2000 files
- From: "John Nickel" <JohnNickel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 07:58:03 -0700
Thank you very much for the reply. I do have a local printer of the same
type installed as you suggest. It just seemed there must be a better way
since it all works just fine under W98.
As part of the same problem, perhaps, I have a print server on my network
which the XP system cannot find although W98 systems find the print server
just fine. I keep thinking I must have something set incorrectly.
"Jezebel" wrote:
> The issue is that Word has to read information from the printer in order to
> function. If the network is slow, Word has no choice but to wait. A
> work-around is to install a local printer -- of the same type as the network
> printer -- on port FILE. Make that the default. Then select the network
> printer only when you really want to print.
>
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> "John Nickel" <JohnNickel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:3B8DE0EA-1987-46F9-BBCE-598E153C052B@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >I am running Word 2000 under XP and find that when the default printer in
> > Word 2000 is set to a network printer, it can take 2 or 3 miuntes to open
> > a
> > file in Word 2000. If the default printer is a local printer, files open
> > immediately. Is there a solution to this problem?
> >
> > I tried to post this before, but I think it did not work.
> >
> > Thanks for any help.
>
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>
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