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Re: printing is sluggish - please help

From Paul <nospam@needed.com>
Newsgroups microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, comp.periphs.printers, comp.sys.hp.hardware, alt.os.linux.ubuntu
Subject Re: printing is sluggish - please help
Date 2011-09-07 14:00 -0400
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <j48bgg$6np$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
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Adam wrote:
> Host OS:    Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
> Guest OS:    Windows XP Pro SP3 (via VirtualBox)
> 
> My laptop prints to a printer connected to
> a Win98SE desktop on a home network.
> The print dialog is very sluggish to open (from the guest OS).
> What is the likely cause of this problem?  And, how can it be fixed?
> 
> 

The protocols involved in files shares and printing, are
pretty complicated. The length of this article, and the
lack of details, show how many versions there are, and
the need to map from one scheme to another, in a
heterogeneous network.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_Message_Block

In my small experience using virtual machines (more than one on
the same PC), I find that the "discovery" phase, sucks. I've had
cases where one VM, simply refuses to find a share on a second VM,
necessitating shutting both down and rebooting them.

So if I was approaching the problem, I'd look for a solution that
avoided discovery as much as possible. I've found for shares, that
if I use an IP address for the share machine, I get there a lot faster.

This page details setting up a printer having an IP address.
I don't know if this will solve your problem, but it might
help avoid discovery.

http://uis.georgetown.edu/software/documentation/winxp/winxp.network.printer.html

To make that work in the future, you're probably going to need some
usage of static IP addresses. Perhaps the Win98 machine can be
changed from DHCP over to static, then once the static IP address
is known, then set up printer details in WinXP ?

Just a guess,
    Paul

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printing is sluggish - please help "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2011-09-07 05:19 -0700
  Re: printing is sluggish - please help The Wizard of Oz <Wizard@EmeraldCity.gov> - 2011-09-07 11:20 -0500
    Re: printing is sluggish - please help "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2011-09-07 09:51 -0700
      Re: printing is sluggish - please help Patok <crazy.div.patok@gmail.com> - 2011-09-07 13:28 -0400
        Re: printing is sluggish - please help "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2011-09-07 11:20 -0700
          Re: printing is sluggish - please help Patok <crazy.div.patok@gmail.com> - 2011-09-07 16:28 -0400
            Re: printing is sluggish - please help "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2011-09-07 14:55 -0700
  Re: printing is sluggish - please help Paul <nospam@needed.com> - 2011-09-07 14:00 -0400
    Re: printing is sluggish - please help "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2011-09-07 11:32 -0700
  Re: printing is sluggish - please help "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> - 2011-09-07 18:17 -0400
    Re: printing is sluggish - please help "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2011-09-07 15:31 -0700
      Re: printing is sluggish - please help "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> - 2011-09-07 19:06 -0400
        Re: printing is sluggish - please help "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2011-09-07 16:32 -0700
          Re: printing is sluggish - please help "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> - 2011-09-07 20:40 -0400
            Re: printing is sluggish - please help "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2011-09-07 17:59 -0700
              Re: printing is sluggish - please help "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> - 2011-09-07 21:58 -0400
                Re: printing is sluggish - please help "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2011-09-07 21:30 -0700
                Re: printing is sluggish - please help "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> - 2011-09-08 08:46 -0400
                Re: printing is sluggish - please help "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2011-09-08 12:32 -0700
                Re: printing is sluggish - please help "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> - 2011-09-08 16:03 -0400
                Re: printing is sluggish - please help "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2011-09-08 13:46 -0700
                Re: printing is sluggish - please help "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> - 2011-09-08 17:00 -0400
                Re: printing is sluggish - please help "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2011-09-08 14:18 -0700
                Re: printing is sluggish - please help "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> - 2011-09-08 17:39 -0400
                Re: printing is sluggish - please help "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2011-09-08 21:53 -0700
                Re: printing is sluggish - please help "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> - 2011-09-08 16:03 -0400
                Re: printing is sluggish - please help John John MVP <audetweld@nbnot.nb.ca> - 2011-09-09 07:23 -0300
                Re: printing is sluggish - please help "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2011-09-09 07:20 -0700
                Re: printing is sluggish - please help John John MVP <audetweld@nbnot.nb.ca> - 2011-09-09 12:56 -0300
                Re: printing is sluggish - please help "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2011-09-09 12:45 -0700
                Re: printing is sluggish - please help "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2011-09-30 18:54 -0700
                Re: printing is sluggish - please help "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> - 2011-09-30 22:05 -0400
                Re: printing is sluggish - please help "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2011-09-30 21:06 -0700
                Re: printing is sluggish - please help "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> - 2011-10-01 07:01 -0400
                Re: printing is sluggish - please help "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2011-10-01 07:29 -0700
                Re: printing is sluggish - please help "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> - 2011-10-01 11:34 -0400
                Re: printing is sluggish - please help "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2011-10-01 10:31 -0700
                Re: printing is sluggish - please help "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> - 2011-10-01 23:04 -0400
                Re: printing is sluggish - please help "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2011-10-01 21:36 -0700
                Re: printing is sluggish - please help Norman Peelman <npeelmandog@cfl.rr.com> - 2011-10-01 07:12 -0400
                Re: printing is sluggish - please help "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2011-10-01 07:30 -0700
                Re: printing is sluggish - please help Norman Peelman <npeelmandog@cfl.rr.com> - 2011-10-01 17:23 -0400
                Re: printing is sluggish - please help "Hot-text" <hot-text.ath.cx@comcast.net> - 2011-10-01 21:32 -0500
                Re: printing is sluggish - please help "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2011-10-01 22:00 -0700
                Re: printing is sluggish - please help "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> - 2011-10-02 02:08 -0400
                Re: printing is sluggish - please help "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2011-10-02 00:16 -0700
                Re: printing is sluggish - please help "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> - 2011-10-02 09:03 -0400
                Re: printing is sluggish - please help "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2011-10-02 14:03 -0700
                Re: printing is sluggish - please help "Hot-text" <hot-text.ath.cx@comcast.net> - 2011-10-02 22:09 -0500
                Re: printing is sluggish - please help "Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop@nastydesigns.com> - 2011-10-01 08:02 -0400
                Re: printing is sluggish - please help Paul <nospam@needed.com> - 2011-09-09 11:59 -0400

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