Josh Kim dot Org: One Thing I Can’t Stand on a Mac: Lag on Print
Alex
· 1 year ago
It's pretty much instantaneous for me..... dunno what your deal is. Maybe it's trying to find a network printer that you don't have?
Alex
· 1 year ago
It's pretty much instantaneous for me..... dunno what your deal is. Maybe it's trying to find a network printer that you don't have?
Josh Kim
· 1 year ago
I don't even have printer drivers installed on this computer, heh.
It seems like if I access the printer dialog box, then do it again, the lag is pretty much gone from caching. But it's when I haven't tried to print anything to pdf in a while where it gets a little buggy in my book.
Maybe it is all me...
Josh Kim
· 1 year ago
I don't even have printer drivers installed on this computer, heh.
It seems like if I access the printer dialog box, then do it again, the lag is pretty much gone from caching. But it's when I haven't tried to print anything to pdf in a while where it gets a little buggy in my book.
Maybe it is all me...
Partners in Grime
· 1 year ago
Nope, the print dialog box pops up instantaneously here ... less than a second.
Partners in Grime
· 1 year ago
Nope, the print dialog box pops up instantaneously here ... less than a second.
KenC
· 1 year ago
Well, without lots of detail, who knows what the problem is. Does it happen in Adobe Reader, or also in Preview? What Mac are you using? Is your version of Adobe Reader running in Classic mode? Have you looked at your logs, to see if there's something the OS is looking for, that's causing the delay?
KenC
· 1 year ago
Well, without lots of detail, who knows what the problem is. Does it happen in Adobe Reader, or also in Preview? What Mac are you using? Is your version of Adobe Reader running in Classic mode? Have you looked at your logs, to see if there's something the OS is looking for, that's causing the delay?
Josh Kim
· 1 year ago
It happens in Preview and FireFox and Safari, at least. Nothing shows up in the logs: I feel like this isn't a bug, but it's probably something I'm just getting a little mildly annoyed at.
Josh Kim
· 1 year ago
It happens in Preview and FireFox and Safari, at least. Nothing shows up in the logs: I feel like this isn't a bug, but it's probably something I'm just getting a little mildly annoyed at.
Jeffsters
· 1 year ago
I just tried it with this page in Safari. Pretty basic updated install of 10.5 and sure enough it took more than 5 seconds from the time I pressed Command-P until the sheet came down to print. Now, having said that every time I did it after that it was instantaneous. It's printing to a wireless printer using Bonjour. It was still instantaneous switching to a LaserWriter 8500. So in my case first time print, 5 seconds, after that instantaneous. Not sure what's up.
Jeffsters
· 1 year ago
I just tried it with this page in Safari. Pretty basic updated install of 10.5 and sure enough it took more than 5 seconds from the time I pressed Command-P until the sheet came down to print. Now, having said that every time I did it after that it was instantaneous. It's printing to a wireless printer using Bonjour. It was still instantaneous switching to a LaserWriter 8500. So in my case first time print, 5 seconds, after that instantaneous. Not sure what's up.
DavidK
· 1 year ago
Printer Setup Utility includes a Reset Printing System feature. Try it. It seems to work for printing problems such as you have explained. Good Luck
DavidK
· 1 year ago
Printer Setup Utility includes a Reset Printing System feature. Try it. It seems to work for printing problems such as you have explained. Good Luck
ChapH
· 1 year ago
3 whole seconds? You need to learn to relax! :-)
ChapH
· 1 year ago
3 whole seconds? You need to learn to relax! :-)
Josh Kim
· 1 year ago
@DavidK: Yeah, I tried that before, but to no avail. Thanks, though.
@ChapH: Hehe. I'm just pointing out that this lag is almost disruptive in my workflow. It'd be fine if I was used to 3 seconds, but nowhere else in the OS do I have that weird lag.
Josh Kim
· 1 year ago
@DavidK: Yeah, I tried that before, but to no avail. Thanks, though.
@ChapH: Hehe. I'm just pointing out that this lag is almost disruptive in my workflow. It'd be fine if I was used to 3 seconds, but nowhere else in the OS do I have that weird lag.
Erick Mikiten
· 10 months ago
I've got the same thing, and it's apparently printer driver-related. I've got four printers in our office and only my Epson color laser printer has this problem. It's about 6-7 seconds each time I switch from another printer to this one, and every time I change one of the settings for the printer in the dialog box. That's a lot of lags.
This has come and gone in the past as I've installed updates to the printer drivers, but seems to crop up on its own for no discernible reason. I'm looking around on the web to trace something down, but nothing yet.
My other printers are lag-less. I've tried Bonjour, AppleTalk, and IP options, but they are all the same. Oddly, selecting a Generic Laser Printer driver is no better. I've deleted and recreated the printer many times.
Did you ever solve it?
joshkim
· 10 months ago
Oh really? I didn't know that it was actually a driver specific problem.
I never found a solution to this issue... although, it's gotten faster with the new OS updates. It's still a little annoying, but it's not a showstopper for me.
Erick Mikiten
· 10 months ago
I've got the same thing, and it's apparently printer driver-related. I've got four printers in our office and only my Epson color laser printer has this problem. It's about 6-7 seconds each time I switch from another printer to this one, and every time I change one of the settings for the printer in the dialog box. That's a lot of lags.
This has come and gone in the past as I've installed updates to the printer drivers, but seems to crop up on its own for no discernible reason. I'm looking around on the web to trace something down, but nothing yet.
My other printers are lag-less. I've tried Bonjour, AppleTalk, and IP options, but they are all the same. Oddly, selecting a Generic Laser Printer driver is no better. I've deleted and recreated the printer many times.
Did you ever solve it?
joshkim
· 10 months ago
Oh really? I didn't know that it was actually a driver specific problem.
I never found a solution to this issue... although, it's gotten faster with the new OS updates. It's still a little annoying, but it's not a showstopper for me.
All Comments
It's pretty much instantaneous for me..... dunno what your deal is. Maybe it's trying to find a network printer that you don't have?
It's pretty much instantaneous for me..... dunno what your deal is. Maybe it's trying to find a network printer that you don't have?
I don't even have printer drivers installed on this computer, heh.
It seems like if I access the printer dialog box, then do it again, the lag is pretty much gone from caching. But it's when I haven't tried to print anything to pdf in a while where it gets a little buggy in my book.
Maybe it is all me...
I don't even have printer drivers installed on this computer, heh.
It seems like if I access the printer dialog box, then do it again, the lag is pretty much gone from caching. But it's when I haven't tried to print anything to pdf in a while where it gets a little buggy in my book.
Maybe it is all me...
Nope, the print dialog box pops up instantaneously here ... less than a second.
Nope, the print dialog box pops up instantaneously here ... less than a second.
Well, without lots of detail, who knows what the problem is. Does it happen in Adobe Reader, or also in Preview? What Mac are you using? Is your version of Adobe Reader running in Classic mode? Have you looked at your logs, to see if there's something the OS is looking for, that's causing the delay?
Well, without lots of detail, who knows what the problem is. Does it happen in Adobe Reader, or also in Preview? What Mac are you using? Is your version of Adobe Reader running in Classic mode? Have you looked at your logs, to see if there's something the OS is looking for, that's causing the delay?
It happens in Preview and FireFox and Safari, at least. Nothing shows up in the logs: I feel like this isn't a bug, but it's probably something I'm just getting a little mildly annoyed at.
It happens in Preview and FireFox and Safari, at least. Nothing shows up in the logs: I feel like this isn't a bug, but it's probably something I'm just getting a little mildly annoyed at.
I just tried it with this page in Safari. Pretty basic updated install of 10.5 and sure enough it took more than 5 seconds from the time I pressed Command-P until the sheet came down to print. Now, having said that every time I did it after that it was instantaneous. It's printing to a wireless printer using Bonjour. It was still instantaneous switching to a LaserWriter 8500. So in my case first time print, 5 seconds, after that instantaneous. Not sure what's up.
I just tried it with this page in Safari. Pretty basic updated install of 10.5 and sure enough it took more than 5 seconds from the time I pressed Command-P until the sheet came down to print. Now, having said that every time I did it after that it was instantaneous. It's printing to a wireless printer using Bonjour. It was still instantaneous switching to a LaserWriter 8500. So in my case first time print, 5 seconds, after that instantaneous. Not sure what's up.
Printer Setup Utility includes a Reset Printing System feature. Try it. It seems to work for printing problems such as you have explained. Good Luck
Printer Setup Utility includes a Reset Printing System feature. Try it. It seems to work for printing problems such as you have explained. Good Luck
3 whole seconds? You need to learn to relax! :-)
3 whole seconds? You need to learn to relax! :-)
@DavidK: Yeah, I tried that before, but to no avail. Thanks, though.
@ChapH: Hehe. I'm just pointing out that this lag is almost disruptive in my workflow. It'd be fine if I was used to 3 seconds, but nowhere else in the OS do I have that weird lag.
@DavidK: Yeah, I tried that before, but to no avail. Thanks, though.
@ChapH: Hehe. I'm just pointing out that this lag is almost disruptive in my workflow. It'd be fine if I was used to 3 seconds, but nowhere else in the OS do I have that weird lag.
This has come and gone in the past as I've installed updates to the printer drivers, but seems to crop up on its own for no discernible reason. I'm looking around on the web to trace something down, but nothing yet.
My other printers are lag-less. I've tried Bonjour, AppleTalk, and IP options, but they are all the same. Oddly, selecting a Generic Laser Printer driver is no better. I've deleted and recreated the printer many times.
Did you ever solve it?
I never found a solution to this issue... although, it's gotten faster with the new OS updates. It's still a little annoying, but it's not a showstopper for me.
This has come and gone in the past as I've installed updates to the printer drivers, but seems to crop up on its own for no discernible reason. I'm looking around on the web to trace something down, but nothing yet.
My other printers are lag-less. I've tried Bonjour, AppleTalk, and IP options, but they are all the same. Oddly, selecting a Generic Laser Printer driver is no better. I've deleted and recreated the printer many times.
Did you ever solve it?
I never found a solution to this issue... although, it's gotten faster with the new OS updates. It's still a little annoying, but it's not a showstopper for me.