Slow Printing using AirPrint

[allsea]

I have a P1102w, Mac Mini with 10.9 and a Airport Extreme base station. After I set up the printer, the prints came through fast. After about 2 hours, I went to print a Noodles coupon and the print was in the queue for over 15 minutes. I cancelled the print and tried using my iPad. Same thing. I was using black and white, fast draft. 

Why was the printer so slow to print? The green status light was blinking so the print was processing.

Is there anything I can do to speed up printing when this happens?

After the coupon printed, the other print requests came through fast.  

[Gemini02]

Hi @allsea, 

I see by your post that you are having slow printing issues using the Airprint driver. I can help you with this.

When the printer is connected to a wireless network, low signal quality or interference might be delaying print jobs.

Make sure printer is connected directly to a wall outlet.

Restart the router.

Since the printer is already on the network, just follow these steps to install the printer driver name instead of using the Airprint driver.

Connect the printer by a USB cable temporarily and run the Apple Updates.

Click the Apple menu and then click System Preferences. Click Printers & Scanners, highlight the printer name and click the - button to delete that Airprint driver.

Then disconnect the USB cable.

Then click on the + sign and select Add Other Printer or Scanner.

Highlight your printer, under Use: make sure it shows your printer name instead of Airprint. (you might have to click the drop down to select the printer's name to add it in)

Then click on the add button.

Test the printer.

I would setup a static ip for the printer. Follow Step six: Assign your HP product a static IP address from the document.

The Printer is Not Found During Wireless Installation. Disregard the title.

Here is a You tube video of the Laserjet P1102w full wireless installation on Maverick, instead of using the Apple Airprint driver. Laserjet P1102w. For future use.

You may follow the steps instead of watching the video.

Have to connect the USB cable from the printer to the computer.

Install the printer as a USB device first and then configure the wireless network.

Turn the printer on, connect the USB cable and install the Apple Update that automatically loads.
Then go to the Apple, System Preferences, Printers and Scanners.

Highlight the Laserjet on the left side of the window.

Then click on Open Print Queue, click on Settings, click on Utility, click on Open Printer Utility, then click on the HTML Config button.

The Embedded Web Server for the printer will open.

Click on the Networking tab, select Wireless on the left side.

Fill out this information for your network. Status make sure you select Enabled.

Apply the settings.

Then go back to Apple, System Preferences, Printers and Scanners and click the + sign to add the Laserjet bonjour printer.
(might take a couple of minutes to appear)

Delete the USB printer from the list from the Printers and Scanners window.

Disconnect the USB cable and try and print.

If you need further assistance, just let me know.

Have a nice day!
Thank You.

[Jefferychoy]

Hello,

I have the same issue but the difference is that we have a window computer and a couple of iPads. We use the iPads to print receipt for customers everyday, since few days ago there is suddenly a problem with slow printing...

we use a asus 1200 router but during the printers installation the driver was having difficulty looking for ANY wifi signal around me... but anyway so I restarted the process and it found my wifi finally. It worked fine without any delay until afternoon during busy hours and then it started printing slow and queuing for a 20mins.

Both iPads are up to date and we have a brand new window 10 HP desktop bought yesterday. How do I fix this?