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Slow Printing HP Futuresmart 5.9.0.2
Hello everyone,
I am testing Universal Print with an HP MFP running Futuresmart 5.9.0.2, and overall I find it quite interesting š However, it is extremely difficult to get support from printer manufacturers, and there is very little feedback or shared experience available š¢
During my tests, I noticed internal processing delays (=DownloadTimeāFinalTime) on the HP MFP that vary without any apparent Reason (printing PDF from W11/EDGE and content-type is Application/PDF).
In addition, I observed significant differences in internal processing time for certain documents (such as plans) between Universal Print Cloud printing and direct TCP/IP 9100 printing. The delay increases from 2 minutes of processing to 3 minutes.
I contacted HP support, but it is very complicated to get assistance regarding Universal Print. Do you have any insights? How should I proceed?
Thank you in advance, and have a great day āļø
10 Replies
- Saurabh_Bansal
Microsoft
Where are you printing from? Are you printing from Microsoft Edge or Chrome browser? Have you tried printing the same PDF document from another app like Acrobat?
- Antoine26Copper Contributor
Hello,
We are MS Addicted ! Printing from EDGE for sure š
(and same thing from Adobe, Chrome and with differents documents)
Regards,
A.
- Saurabh_Bansal
Microsoft
When printing from Edge and Chrome, they rasterize into PDF before sending the print payload to Windows and then Windows sends the same PDF to Universal Print (if the target printer is Universal Print ready and has document format as PDF). Rasterization leads to loss of fonts and everything converted to small bitmaps - this results in more memory requirements on printer and lower print speeds.
You should be able to download the printed payload from Universal Print using PoweShell or Graph API and then open in any PDF reader. Check the font information there if it shows anything. If not, it has been rasterized!I would be surprised if Adobe too rasterizes the PDF sent to Windows Print š.
- Antoine26Copper Contributor
Hello Pedro
- E47528 & E87740dn
- All devices
- DOWNLOAD TIME : as describe by MS : time at which the printer finished downloading the print job
- FINAL TIME : as describe by MS : time at which the printer finished printing
- It's configure according to the : HP Technical white paper Microsoft Universal Print Support in HP FutureSmart 5.8.1.1
- We don't use third connector or third software (only MUP and HP)
- In MUP case we don't use MS MUP Driver otherwise for local printing 9100 we use HP Color LaserJet MFP E47528 series PCL 6 V3/V4 Printer Driver (no installer)
Best regards
- P3dr0HPCopper Contributor
Hi Antonie26,
Hopefully I can assist. My name is Pedro and Iām part of the HP Authentication Suite team. We enable MFA and native integration with Microsoft productivity services (Email, OneDrive, SharePoint, Teams and Universal Print (MUP)) directly on HP print devices, without the need for any third-party integrations.
Some of the delays we typically observe relate to network latency, but in your case the results you shared indicate that the slowdown is occurring after the files have been downloaded. To help us better understand your environment, could you provide a bit more detail about your testing?- Which HP devices are you using for these tests?
- Are you seeing this behavior across all devices, or only specific models?
- What event are you using as the starting point for the āDownload Timeā?
- What event marks the end of the āFinal Timeā?
- How is the device configured to connect to MUP?
- Are you using any third-party solutions or connectors?
- If so, which ones?
- Which local print drivers are you using?
- Are you using any third-party solutions or connectors?
If a connector is involved, it can introduce additional variables, such as:- the stability and performance of the network path between the connector and the print device
- the available resources on the connector PC, which may affect how quickly jobs are processed and forwarded to the printer
A native MUP connection on the device generally provides the best performance, as the file flows directly from the MUP service into the printer for processing.
Regards,
Pedro - P3dr0HPCopper Contributor
Hi Antonie26,
Hopefully I can assist. My name is Pedro and Iām part of the HP Authentication Suite team. We enable card, Biometrics or phone release with MFA and native integration with Microsoft productivity services (Email, OneDrive, SharePoint, Teams and Universal Print (MUP)) directly on HP print devices, without the need for any third-party integrations.
Some of the delays we typically observe relate to network latency, but in your case the results you shared indicate that the slowdown is occurring after the files have been downloaded. To help us better understand your environment, could you provide a bit more detail about your testing?
- Which HP devices are you using for these tests?
- Are you seeing this behavior across all devices, or only specific models?
- What event are you using as the starting point for the āDownload Timeā?
- What event marks the end of the āFinal Timeā?
- How is the device configured to connect to MUP?
- Are you using any third-party solutions or connectors?
- If so, which ones?
- Which local print drivers are you using?
- Are you using any third-party solutions or connectors?
If a connector is involved, it can introduce additional variables, such as:
- the stability and performance of the network path between the connector and the print device
- the available resources on the connector PC, which may affect how quickly jobs are processed and forwarded to the printer
A native MUP connection on the device generally provides the best performance, as the file flows directly from the MUP service into the printer for processing.
Feel free to reach out (mup [at] hp [dot] com) and we can try assist you.
Regards,
Pedro- Antoine26Copper Contributor
Hello Pedro,
I'm happy to read you :)
To answer to your questions :
- E47528 & E87740dn
- All devices
- DOWNLOAD TIME : as describe by MS : time at which the printer finished downloading the print job
- FINAL TIME : as describe by MS : time at which the printer finished printing
- It's configure according to the : HP Technical white paper Microsoft Universal Print Support in HP FutureSmart 5.8.1.1
- We don't use third connector or third software
- In MUP case we use MS MUP Driver otherwise for local printing 9100 we use HP Color LaserJet MFP E47528 series PCL 6 V3/V4 Printer Driver (no installer)
Regards,
A
- P3dr0HPCopper Contributor
Hi Antoine,
Apologies for the delay in response.
You seem to be a few versions of firmware behind which would make it difficult to try replicate your issue, please could you upgrade your devices and retest?
E47528: https://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib/software13/printers/E47528/E47528_fs5.9.0.2_fw_2509087_000116.zip
E877dn: https://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib/software13/printers/E87740_50_60_70/E87740_50_60_70_fs5.9.0.2_fw_2509087_000114.zip
If possible, could you try using a non-confidential document to see if you get the same results? If so, would you mind sharing it with me (mup at hp dot com) so I can run some tests?
Regards
Pedro