System hangs when trying to print

[nickatbristol]

Hello all

Strange error here. I have tried many solutions.

Whenever trying to send an item to print (this can be from notepad, MS Word, Photoshop, anywhere), the system hangs. It will do nothing for about 2 minutes (cursor still movable but turns into the 'busy' cursor), I can click on Start, etc, but the program which is sending the print job will be in 'not responding' mode.

Windows 7 x64, Quad core CPUs, 4GB RAM - decent spec

3 Printers installed, 2 x Epson, 1 x HP. All USB printers.

I have tried:

- Uninstalling and reinstalling all printers with their x64 Win7 specific drivers
- Installing a PCI USB card to run the printers from
- Looked at the c:\windows\system32\printers\spool directory, checked it was not encryped
- Tried both options for bi-directional spooling for all printers
- Poked around the other options in the printers with nothing else untoward
- And tonight, Full Windows Repair install using the disc !

Please help me out here ! The machine is used for photography and having to perform a clean uninstall would be quite a disaster.

I really appreciate your help if you can at all,

Nick

 

[Fegruson]

Have you tried to print through a network or to another remote computer? See if that makes a difference.

Only other thing I can think of is maybe chipset drivers? Are they all up to date?

 

[PiKe]

Uninstall all the printers and install them one by one, there might be a driver conflict.