Printing Seems Slow on LANtastic-Shared Printer
Article ID: 128937
Article Last Modified on 12/8/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows 3.1 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows 3.11 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.1
- Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.11
This article was previously published under Q128937
SYMPTOMS
When you are printing from a Windows-based application to a locally
connected printer on a system running Artisoft LANtastic version 6.0, it
may take a long time for the print job to finish.
RESOLUTION
Increase the Characters Per Second setting in the Resources section of
LANtastic's Network Manager to print from a Windows-based application more
quickly.
To make changes to LANtastic's configuration, please refer to your
LANtastic documentation or contact Artisoft Technical Support.
MORE INFORMATION
When you print to a locally connected printer from a Windows-based
application on a system running LANtastic version 6.0, all printing is
carried out through the networking software. Print jobs are not sent
directly to the printer port. This applies to Windows and Windows for
Workgroups versions 3.1 and 3.11 running without Windows for Workgroups
peer network functionality.
You can configure LANtastic to specify how much relative CPU time is
dedicated to non-server and server-related activities. This option is
specified in the Characters Per Second parameter. LANtastic attempts to
dedicate the necessary CPU resources to a particular print job to sustain
the characters per second specified. When this setting is low (such as the
default setting of 0) any application activity on the server will slow the
printing process considerably.
LANtastic is manufactured by Artisoft Inc., a vendor independent of
Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this
product's performance or reliability.
REFERENCES
LANtastic "Installation and Management Guide," pages 207-208 and pages
239-240
Additional query words: 3.10 3.11 sluggish paused delayed
Keywords: KB128937