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_Brecht_Luyckx_
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March 23, 2009
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Printing pdf is very slow on network printer

  • March 23, 2009
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Hi,

When I print to the network printer in the office it is printing very slow. It lasts a long time before the print job has been sent to the printer, after sending the print job to the printer it lasts a very long time before the printer prints. It prints page 1 and than I have to wait 2 minutes before the second page prints.
Version of adobe reader is 9.1.

Can someone help me with this issue?

I am desperate.

    Correct answer ctwilson7

    If Adobe Acrobat Reader prints slowly try the following:

    1.             Open a PDF file

    2.             From the menu, select File > Print

    3.             From the dialog displayed, click on the Advanced button at the bottom

    4.             On the Advanced Print Setup dialog, make sure that “Let printer determine colors” is CHECKED.

    5.             Click OK and OK to print the document.

    This worked for me.

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    RedFox7070
    Participant
    April 9, 2010

    having the same issue as well and will try the advise given as i too have alot of

    changes if it works.

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    ctwilson7Correct answer
    Participant
    April 8, 2010

    If Adobe Acrobat Reader prints slowly try the following:

    1.             Open a PDF file

    2.             From the menu, select File > Print

    3.             From the dialog displayed, click on the Advanced button at the bottom

    4.             On the Advanced Print Setup dialog, make sure that “Let printer determine colors” is CHECKED.

    5.             Click OK and OK to print the document.

    This worked for me.

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      sr1doc
      Participant
      March 16, 2014

      I am using Adobe Acrobat 10.1.9 on OS X 10.9.2

      I had the same issue with my Xerox 3615 printing one page per minute when using Acrobat.

      I followed the steps outlined here (slightly different for Mac - you have to make sure print as image is not selected and then choose color handling: same as source)

      I'm back to printing at normal speed.

      No side effects noticed yet from the changed settings.

      Thanks a lot for this advice.

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      wise_Fireball1549
      Participant
      September 29, 2016

      I am responding to you here because I can't find a way to start a new issue.

      I have a similar problem. I am using Acrobat Reader 11, with a Mac Mini, OSX 10.5.5, and an HP 8720 all in one Inkjet printer. The problem is that (only) when I print from Adobe, the printer pauses and hesitates. It takes 2 minutes 44 seconds to print 4 double sided pages using Acrobat. I can print from any other source (chrome browser, your webpage, 34 seconds to print 4 double sided pages). I have Microsoft office suite installed, all the programs print normally (Excel, Word, etc.)

      I have already done the hot reboot on the printer, and I've checked for current drivers, and firmware for all three programs. I'd be happy to do all that again. I just hope that we can get a dialogue going to fix this problem.

      There are numerous posts of this or a very similar problem. Do you know of a standard list of actions for me to try?

      Thanks in advance,

      Jack

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      Januaryco
      Participant
      May 13, 2009

      I have the same issue as the person that original put of this post...But the Adobe very that we have on  office service is

      Adobe 5.0 , tried to update ...in the help take bit it didnt give me this option.

      I think we are running Windows Server 2000.  Can anyone help. Please

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      Anonymous
      April 26, 2009

      Hi -did you ever get an answer re slow printing - my adobe is slow to print also.  I do not see many helpful replies on the BB system.

      ~graffiti
      ~graffiti
      Legend
      April 26, 2009

      /michael Kazlows question applies to you as well. Without more info, we can't do anything except take some lucky guesses.

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        jc25dot00
        Participant
        May 11, 2009

        I have a user who is seeing this very same problem, but with Acrobat Pro 9.  The problem just started when he upgraded his apps to the CS4 versions.  He completely uninstalled all of his Adobe products and then reinstalled them, but the problem persists.  He is running Mac OS 10.5.  Whenever he tries to print a pdf, the computer hangs while spooling.  The Force Quit menu says Adobe stops responding, but it will eventually print after a very long time.  When it does start to print, it only prints about one page per minute.  This is happening on two networked HP printers, a LaserJet 4250 and 4350.  I tried to print as image and that speeds it up somewhat, but it is still very slow.  I also turned off the RAM Disk setting on the printer, but that didn't help.  Any other tips would be greatly appreciated.

        MichaelKazlow
        MichaelKazlow
        Legend
        March 23, 2009
        Computer hardware specs, OS, network, driver?

        Mike
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