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Controlling print job spooling can increase print speeds. To do so, select Settings | Printers from the Start menu. When you do, you’ll see the Printers window. Right-click the network printer you want to work with and select Properties to open the printer’s Properties sheet.Next, select the Advanced tab. The tab may vary slightly depending on what type of printer you’re using

There are two options about halfway down the page: Spool Print Documents So Program Finishes Printing Faster and Print Directly To The Printer.

I recommend always spooling the document rather than printing directly to the printer. The process of printing directly from a program is much slower than spooling a print job because the program sends the print job to the printer at the same time it builds the print job. Sending a print job to the spooler usually completes in a matter of seconds (depending on the size of the print job). Once it has been sent, the program assumes that printing has completed, allowing the user to continue working.

Clearing Print Spooler can speedup printing speed

Please follow the steps below:Clear spool file
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1. Stop the spooler by doing the following:
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a. Click Start , Settings , Control Panel , Administrative Tools , then Services .
b. Scroll down the list of services for the Print Spooler.
c. Right click Print Spooler and click Stop .

2. Delete the spool files
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a. Open My Computer.
b. Go to C:WINDOWSsystem32spoolPRINTERS .
c. Delete all of the files inside of this folder.

3. Restart the spooler.
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a. Click Start , Settings , Control Panel , Administrative Tools , then Services
b. Scroll down the list of services for the Print Spooler.
c. Right click the Print Spooler and click Start.

Change the spooling format
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Set the spooling format to RAW, and then try to print directly to the printer instead of spooling the print job. To do this:

          a.       Click “Start”, point to “Settings”, and then click “Printers”.
          b.       Right-click the printer that you are using, and then click “Properties”.
          c.       In the Advanced tab, click “Print Processor”.
          d.       Set the default “Data type” to “RAW” for both “WinPrint” and “ModPrint”.
          e.        Click “OK”, click “OK” again, and then close the Printers dialog box.

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