[comp.windows.ms] Printing is dog slow!

ce1zzes@prism.gatech.EDU (Eric Sheppard) (12/05/90)

Finally got my Apple Imagewriter II working with Windows.  It prints great
outside Windows, but inside, it is incredibly slow!  I get about a line
every 30-45 seconds (printing text).  Why is it printing so god-awful slow?!

Particulars:  AT 8MHz compatible, EGA, HIMEM and packet driver installed.
Clock and Screenpeace are loaded, but printing speed is not affected when
these are removed.

I get more satisfactory results by printing to a file, then using a binary
copy to the LPT: device outside of windows.  I wish I wouldn't have to do 
this, but I must if I want anything printed from a Windows app.

Eric

MXP122@psuvm.psu.edu (Malzor) (12/08/90)

Printing anything out of windows seems peculiarly slow. . .surely the printers
can take the stuff faster. . .what is the problem?