re: Accessing Printer Properties Slow?
Friday, May 27, 2005 at 10:36 am
Posted by David
(45 messages posted)
disregard this post. i figured it out.
setup a standard tcp/ip port, using a custom config with values taken from my other
machine, and all is well.
d.
On Friday, May 27, 2005 at 9:37 am, David wrote:
>Sometimes when printing out a document in word, or any other program i want to change
>the properties of the printer before i do so.
>
>At the print dialogue box, I click on the properties button in the upper right hand
>corner. At this point the system seems to hang. If i wait for a couple minutes,
>the printer properties dialogue box will eventually appear. Same thing if I try
>to access t he properties via "Printers and Faxes" on the control panel.
>
>This is a network printer. I tried to reintall the printer, creating a new TCP/IP
>port. When I choose "Standard TCP/IP port", enter the address, i receive a message
>that the machine doesn't know what the attached device is. It gives me a list of
>things to choose from, but none is the correct device. So, i reinstalled the driver
>using the port that i already created. Still, the problem persists.
>
>Any ideas on what is causing this? Has anyone here seen such a thing?
>
>d.
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