Hi all, As WinXP begins to loom larger in our environment, we're seeing a consistent pattern that XP machines (mostly XP Professional, possibly others) take an excessively long time to access shared printers: I'm told that it takes up to 5 minutes to initially install the printer on the local machine, and it typically takes around 45 seconds to deliver print jobs to the queue.
The print server is running Samba 3.0alpha21. The server is also a DC for an NT domain that these WinXP machines are joined to. We are using spoolss and server-provided print drivers, and I did add the "XP" printer drivers to the server using the Add Print Wizard in an effort to alleviate the lag (printing is slow both before and after uploading those drivers). Anecdotal evidence suggests that printing was much quicker before upgrading to Samba 3.0, though I haven't had a chance yet to set up a 2.2 test print server to verify. Network traces and log files happily provided to anyone willing to tackle this issue. Thanks, -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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