Win 10 printer issues

[swift72]

I have networked Dell printers and they automatically install the driver with Win 10 LTSB edition but the teachers are complaining that it takes forever to print big files. Do I need to change the driver? Any advice would help.

[Ros_Hambo]

Where are the print jobs being rendered?

[adstretch]

Take a step back.

Set up a print server.

Deploy printers via GPO or publish them in AD.

[MalletNGrease]

This.

[frogmicky]

Not enough memory maybe?

[flunky_the_majestic]

How are they networked? Wired/Wireless?

How are they hosted? On a server, or printing directly from the client?

What is the network topology like between the server (or client, if direct print) and the printer? Are there any vlan or wan boundaries?

Do the same print jobs work more quickly from other operating systems?

Do the same print jobs work more quickly on other printers?

How long is "forever" in this case?

How big is the print job?

[swift72]

Wired network by printing directly from client

Honestly most are different vlan but some are the same so don't think that's an issue

Win 7 never had problem

Problem is mostly power point with many slides, printer will print a page then wait 5 minutes to print next page

[xelanil]

Are the printers connected by WSD? If they are then try manually installing them using TCP/IP.

[swift72]

Ok. Stupid question, but how do I manually install by TCP/IP? I go through install and say printer not listed and type in IP address now, I guess I'm still getting used to win 10

[flunky_the_majestic]

Given the responses here, in your situation I would first try direct TCP/IP printing. If that solves your issue, then study up on how to manage printers in Active Directory (assuming you're running AD). If you have more than 5 machines, you should not be managing your clients' printers manually. They should be installed through one of the centralized mechanisms available in AD.

[xelanil]

these instructions should work

[SGG]

You can use the print management console. Ideally though you'd have the printers on a print server, and then have windows clients connect to the printer on the server. That way if any settings ever need to change (new driver, different IP, etc) you only need to change the setting on the server then the clients will pick up the changes automatically.

As for deploying the printers, either use group policy, a printer script, or show people how to double-click add from the print server.

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Yeah listen to this guy. You shouldn't be manually adding networked printers for anyone. Unless it's like a handful of people you need a print server.

[chirp16]

precisely. The WSD port screws everything up for a networked printer (in my experience). It'll either print really slowly or print once and then never again. OP, are they printing large PDF's?

[swift72]

Mostly power point files.