Not knowing your make and model of printer I am taking a guess here: Did you change a setting in your printer for it to operate in "Quiet Mode"? It does operate more quietly but at a noticeably slower speed.

What make and model of printer do you have? Mine prints much slower when I want a high quality print. Photo printing takes the longest.

Can you take a screen shot of the settings page of your printer?

When I just made a copy of something it worked fine. "I'm thinking maybe it was the website I was using. I have HP Deskjet 2132. I have not changed settings that I know of. I don't do any high-quality printing or photos.

Does HP have a troubleshooting page for this model ?

Many inkjet printers have 3 modes of print: Draft, Normal, and Best. Draft prints the quickest with each of the other two being progressively slower. The best or photo mode prints at about half the speed of normal. Actually, for normal and best, the print-head and jets are working at the same speed, but the best setting is making more passes, laying down more ink per area, and using its best interlacing.

The usual setting is normal for most printing. Some users set their printer to draft mode as an ink saver for mundane and proof printing, and change to a better setting only as desired.

The next time you print the file that is slow to print, before clicking on the final print button, check the printer properties to see if it is being set to 'best'. That would explain the slower print-out. Also, it is possible that after printing that file, your printer may retain its 'best' setting until you set it back.

No way to change your printer settings? If you are using a later version Windows operating system, there is a way to check your printer settings each time you print. The print process is has two steps: First: You have the document you wish to print opened, and then select 'print', but instead of printing, a print menu comes up with a batch of options. Second: Most of the time, you ignore the options and click on the large square 'print' button. You'll get the default settings.

However, on this second print menu, there are options such as number of copies, print order of the pages, etc. There should be a little box called 'options' or some such depending on your printer software. Click on that box to see other options. One may be "draft, normal, best". Look around in the print menu to find your various printer settings.

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