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IE 6 Slows down printer
I just updated to IE 6 in Window 98 SE (from IE 5.5). Now every time I want to print anything off the net (by opening "file" then "print"), it takes about a minute for my print menu to open up and about 30 seconds for my printer to start printing (under IE5.5 it took seconds). I have an HP 882 printer and a Dell 400MHZ computer. How can I speed things up in the printing department?
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try reinstalling your printer.
if that doesn't work you can also try to reinstall IE6:
IE6 Reinstall
Go to: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/ie6/default.asp
In the download box, select your desired language and click Go. On the next page click the Internet Explorer 6 link under Download. Save the file to your hard drive and note where you saved it to:
When the download is complete, click Start, Run, Browse, and browse to the location you saved the file to. Highlight the IE6SETUP.EXE file and click Open.
In the Run dialog, move the cursor to the end of the command and press the space bar. Copy and past the following into the Run dialog at the end of the current command: /c:"ie6wzd.exe /d /s:""#E"""
The #E needs to be replaced by the full path and file name of the IE Setup file. An example command line would look like this: "C:\Temp\ie6setup.exe" /c:"ie6wzd.exe /d /s:""C:\Temp\ie6setup.exe"
Replace C:\Temp in this example with the actual path to the ie6setup.exe file. All parameters must be in the line and all of the quote characters must be as shown.
if that doesn't work you can also try to reinstall IE6:
IE6 Reinstall
Go to: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/ie6/default.asp
In the download box, select your desired language and click Go. On the next page click the Internet Explorer 6 link under Download. Save the file to your hard drive and note where you saved it to:
When the download is complete, click Start, Run, Browse, and browse to the location you saved the file to. Highlight the IE6SETUP.EXE file and click Open.
In the Run dialog, move the cursor to the end of the command and press the space bar. Copy and past the following into the Run dialog at the end of the current command: /c:"ie6wzd.exe /d /s:""#E"""
The #E needs to be replaced by the full path and file name of the IE Setup file. An example command line would look like this: "C:\Temp\ie6setup.exe" /c:"ie6wzd.exe /d /s:""C:\Temp\ie6setup.exe"
Replace C:\Temp in this example with the actual path to the ie6setup.exe file. All parameters must be in the line and all of the quote characters must be as shown.
- Start - Settings - Printers.
- Right click on the printer icon and choose Properties.
- Click on the Details Tab and clik on Spool Settings
2. On the Spool setting dialog box - click on START PRINTING AFTER FIRST PAGE IS SPOOLED.
3. Change the Spool Data Format to EMF and OK.
4. close the printer property windows, restart your computer and see if prit is faster, while on NET.
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if problem persists, go back to the Printer properties, select each tab and click RESTORE DEFAULT on all areas.
This should restore the printer settings to factory
settings.
Let me know how it works out. Cheers