[Misc] windows 8 slow printing even ps card installed

[saa]

windows 8 very slow printing even post script card installed.
1. windows 7 perfectly ok.
2. used all driver from ricoh site ps driver / plc 6 / plc 5c. All slow printing.
3. I don't think any firmware updation issue is.
4. As problem is with multiple printer mpc 2501 / mpc 3003 / mpc 3002 etc etc

Looking for solution.

thanks

[TonerMunkeh]

Re: windows 8 slow printing even ps card installed

Microsoft Support

I'd be contacting Microsoft. Windows 8 is Satan's operating system.

[slimslob]

Re: windows 8 slow printing even ps card installed

If you have JAVA installed and they are not using it, disable it.

[KenB]

Re: windows 8 slow printing even ps card installed

Just remember... "8 ain't so great", and you'll be fine.

[Iowatech]

Re: windows 8 slow printing even ps card installed

Just for grins and if time permits, you might see if a Windows 7 print driver would work better.
Then again, I've only seen that work once, so maybe not.
I miss RPCS.

[sandmanmac]

Re: windows 8 slow printing even ps card installed

Just for grins and if time permits, you might see if a Windows 7 print driver would work better.
Then again, I've only seen that work once, so maybe not.
I miss RPCS.

Actually, the drivers from one OS to the other are identical. Just compare the versions and filesizes. Only differences are 32 bit Vs. 64 bit systems. I'm not sure why Ricoh bothers to list them all seperately - even for Win 8 and 8.1.

[slimslob]

Re: windows 8 slow printing even ps card installed

Actually, the drivers from one OS to the other are identical. Just compare the versions and filesizes. Only differences are 32 bit Vs. 64 bit systems. I'm not sure why Ricoh bothers to list them all seperately - even for Win 8 and 8.1.

I think it is because Ricoh's download page is available to end users. Many users, if they do not see their exact Windows version listed, would not know what to download.

[techsass]

Re: windows 8 slow printing even ps card installed

Just a silly thought, but are you sure it's using the driver you're trying to install and not Window's built in driver?

I've run into this on color boxes before. You go thru the whole have disk method, even trying the different radio buttons and it still loads the Windows driver. Looks right, but errors out when you try to change the defaults to B&W, etc.

[KenB]

Re: windows 8 slow printing even ps card installed

Assuming the machine has postscript (you did say you tried the ps driver), try LPRing a troublesome PDF file to the machine. It will print without using a driver.

From a command prompt, type: LPR -S <ip of printer> - P lp c:\filename.pdf

The S and P are case sensitive.

This will tell you if it is a driver issue or not.