Slow printing & 'Grabbled Text' with USB printer
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 1:58 am
Hello All,
I am having issue with my HP Lasrjet 3200 printer after installing Gagoyle 1.61 on Netgear WNDR3700 router & using router as a USB print server. So first let me give you a little background information.
I have an HP Laserjer 3200 printer which I was able to share between 5 PCs running different versions of Windows OS. I was using an old SpeedStreem 2614 router as a Print Server using parallel interface. I was using PCL5 drivers on PCs and printer was working flawlessly using LPR TCP/IP protocol. Now that old router has died, so I decided to use my Netgear WNDR3700 as a wired router/Printserver instead. I have used this printer successfully with a Tomato router in past so I was confident that I would be ok with Gargoyle.
So I installed Gorgoyle v1.61. Attached printer through USB cable. Printer is detected by the Gargoyle interface. After configuring TCP/IP ((RAW 9100) ) port on PCs, I was able to print a test page. So far so good. But then when I started using printer for real work, I started having issues. When I print few PDF pages, printer would 'hang' for 2-5 minutes with 'PRINTING' light flashing, before it would actually start printing. I never had this issue in past with either SpeedStreem 2614 router or an Asus Tomato router. Also printer would print 'Grabbled Text' on pages which was never observed in past. If I print one page at a time, I would still get 3-4 minute long pause before printing start, however it would print without 'Grabbled Text' issue. However printing more than 2 PDF pages would make printer go haywire again. There is no change in Printer driver, OS and printer. Only change is new Gargoyle router and a 'modern' USB interface instead of antiquated parallel interface.
Does anyone has any idea how to resolve issues of slow printing & 'Grabbled Text'?
Thank you.
I am having issue with my HP Lasrjet 3200 printer after installing Gagoyle 1.61 on Netgear WNDR3700 router & using router as a USB print server. So first let me give you a little background information.
I have an HP Laserjer 3200 printer which I was able to share between 5 PCs running different versions of Windows OS. I was using an old SpeedStreem 2614 router as a Print Server using parallel interface. I was using PCL5 drivers on PCs and printer was working flawlessly using LPR TCP/IP protocol. Now that old router has died, so I decided to use my Netgear WNDR3700 as a wired router/Printserver instead. I have used this printer successfully with a Tomato router in past so I was confident that I would be ok with Gargoyle.
So I installed Gorgoyle v1.61. Attached printer through USB cable. Printer is detected by the Gargoyle interface. After configuring TCP/IP ((RAW 9100) ) port on PCs, I was able to print a test page. So far so good. But then when I started using printer for real work, I started having issues. When I print few PDF pages, printer would 'hang' for 2-5 minutes with 'PRINTING' light flashing, before it would actually start printing. I never had this issue in past with either SpeedStreem 2614 router or an Asus Tomato router. Also printer would print 'Grabbled Text' on pages which was never observed in past. If I print one page at a time, I would still get 3-4 minute long pause before printing start, however it would print without 'Grabbled Text' issue. However printing more than 2 PDF pages would make printer go haywire again. There is no change in Printer driver, OS and printer. Only change is new Gargoyle router and a 'modern' USB interface instead of antiquated parallel interface.
Does anyone has any idea how to resolve issues of slow printing & 'Grabbled Text'?
Thank you.