Spool Printing on Ricohs

[scoobysteve]

Hi All,

Trying out this spool printing feature on a Ricoh MPC4500. I have turned spool printing on via telnet.

I've installed RPCS driver with a LPR port (true LPR, not a standard tcp/ip emulating a LPR port).

Do i simply just hit print? or is there more to it? if i check the spool jobs on the copier, it lists nothing?

can someone please help me out. thanks.

Regards,
Steve

[pspahr]

Just out of curiosity, why would you connecting the machine in this manner?

Anyway, you should just be able to send the job and it would print. Unfortunately this is one of those things that normally I have to sit down to for 10 or 15 minutes till I remember what was required to resolve it. I'll try one tomorrow and if successful I will repost.

Pete

[scoobysteve]

the reason why i need it this way is that it is supposed to print large documents (graphics etc) much quicker than the normal method.

one person i know set it up this way to print graphics and it only took 2-3 mins to print a 300mb file where it took about 10mins the normal way.

i'm hoping for my sake, your knowledge pops up in your mind. thanks.

[nmfaxman]

When the print driver port is set to raw, it goes to memory of the controller.
When you set the port to LPR, you are directing the print job to the hard drive of the controller.
The hard drive becomes the print spooler.
I clears the server or workstation faster, but the process speed is the same once it hits the controller on the copier.
I always set the driver to LPR just so if there is an error I can get the info easier from the copier to know what workstation is causing the problem and print it out.

[scoobysteve]

Hi nmfaxman,

thanks for putting more clarity into spool printing.

I am assuming when you say the following:

"When the print driver port is set to raw, it goes to memory of the controller.
When you set the port to LPR, you are directing the print job to the hard drive of the controller"

you are referring to the print controller on the copier?

If so, then i would assume that because the copier's print controller is spooling the document as opposed to the PC, then it will be faster because:

1/the pc is not spooling the document allowing the pc to return to other duties

2/because the pc is not spooling the document, then you dont have the spooled file size going across the network, only the size of the actual document

Please correct me if i am wrong. thanks.

Steve