Computer Slows During Printing

[Shmiel]

Hi Friends,

I am running WINDOWS XP on a new computer with 250 RAM.

I notice that I have 100% CPU usage during printing. I am wondering if that
is why my computer slows down terribly during printing. Is there anything
wrong and what can I do


Thanx a million

Shmiel

[Unknown]

That is by design. No interrupts are associated with a printer if connected
on a parallel bus. Read 318273 at MS knowledge base.
"Shmiel" > wrote in message
...
> Hi Friends,
>
> I am running WINDOWS XP on a new computer with 250 RAM.
>
> I notice that I have 100% CPU usage during printing. I am wondering if
that
> is why my computer slows down terribly during printing. Is there anything
> wrong and what can I do
>
>
> Thanx a million
>
> Shmiel
>
>

[Peter]

As the Man said, that is how it works.....I have an AMD 1.3 gig cpu and 1
gig of RAM and mine has always taken 100 percent of the processors 'time'
while printing; I don't know about USB2.0 printing(?)
"Unknown" > wrote in message
.com...
> That is by design. No interrupts are associated with a printer if
connected
> on a parallel bus. Read 318273 at MS knowledge base.
> "Shmiel" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hi Friends,
> >
> > I am running WINDOWS XP on a new computer with 250 RAM.
> >
> > I notice that I have 100% CPU usage during printing. I am wondering if
> that
> > is why my computer slows down terribly during printing. Is there
anything
> > wrong and what can I do
> >
> >
> > Thanx a million
> >
> > Shmiel
> >
> >
>

[Charles C. Drew]

I have an Epson printer that has both parallel and USB 1.1 ports. The USB
port works GREAT! No noticeable performance hits during printing. I've not
checked but I don't think I goto 100% utilization. I've got an AMD Athlon
XP 2000+ processor and 512 Mb RAM on a NForce2 chipset on my systemboard.

I would highly recommend going to a printer that supports something other
than parallel or serial connections.

"Peter" > wrote in message
...
| As the Man said, that is how it works.....I have an AMD 1.3 gig cpu and 1
| gig of RAM and mine has always taken 100 percent of the processors 'time'
| while printing; I don't know about USB2.0 printing(?)
| "Unknown" > wrote in message
| .com...
| > That is by design. No interrupts are associated with a printer if
| connected
| > on a parallel bus. Read 318273 at MS knowledge base.
| > "Shmiel" > wrote in message
| > ...
| > > Hi Friends,
| > >
| > > I am running WINDOWS XP on a new computer with 250 RAM.
| > >
| > > I notice that I have 100% CPU usage during printing. I am wondering
if
| > that
| > > is why my computer slows down terribly during printing. Is there
| anything
| > > wrong and what can I do
| > >
| > >
| > > Thanx a million
| > >
| > > Shmiel
| > >
| > >
| >
|
|