100% CPU Usage

[leapingfrog0]

I'm often getting 100% CPU usage while I'm printing, is this normal? I have an HP Deskjet 632C printer, Windows XP Pro, and an Athlon T-Bird @ 1.2Ghz..

I don't know if this is normal or not, and if it isn't how should I fix it (if it's possible)?

Also: My printer is hooked up through an LPT port and not USB even though my printer can support USB.

 

[bruincal]

yes, this is perfectly normal.... printers that use the LPT (parallel ports) are inherently like this ...
i have a 2ghz pentium 4, and it still uses 100% of my cpu, sometimes even stalling my computer for like a split second...

USB, of course, solves this problem

 

[dsparks]

I bought a USB to Centronics (Printer) cable for just this reason. Win2K still detected and installed my printer just fine, only on USB001 instead of LPT1.

No problems at all!

 

[hoihtah]

use usb cable instead of printer cable.

 

[Maggotry]

The printer at work uses the parallel port. The computer becomes almost unuseable while it's printing. The fact that it's a 366MHz Celery with 32M RAM running NT4.0 doesn't help either.

 

[leapingfrog0]

Okay, cool.. I'll be looking for a USB cable soon then.