Printing problem

[John Dow]

HELP!

I have a:
2.6 gig laptop with 512 memory running XP professional.

Connected to two of my 3 USB ports are:
2 Canon i950 printers.

I send the same command to print 12 photos (1 meg each)
for a total of 12 megs to each printer. The 1st printer
starts to spool and print in an acceptable time manor,
that is until the 2nd printer gets its printing
instructions. At this point the 1st printer slow to almost
stop and neither resume their printing for about 15
minutes.

Can you help me solve this slowdown problem so I might get
top performance from both printers simultaneously?

Thank you ahead of time for a prompt reply.


John Dow

Please respond to:

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

I suggest it's a power supply problem with the notebook. And since a
notebook PSU is not upgradeable, it's not really fixable. The USB port
itself is taking power from the notebook to enable the data flow. You're
trying to enable both at once. That's using a LOT of power.

Cari
www.coribright.com

"John Dow" > wrote in message
...
> HELP!
>
> I have a:
> 2.6 gig laptop with 512 memory running XP professional.
>
> Connected to two of my 3 USB ports are:
> 2 Canon i950 printers.
>
> I send the same command to print 12 photos (1 meg each)
> for a total of 12 megs to each printer. The 1st printer
> starts to spool and print in an acceptable time manor,
> that is until the 2nd printer gets its printing
> instructions. At this point the 1st printer slow to almost
> stop and neither resume their printing for about 15
> minutes.
>
> Can you help me solve this slowdown problem so I might get
> top performance from both printers simultaneously?
>
> Thank you ahead of time for a prompt reply.
>
>
> John Dow
>
> Please respond to:
>