printing question in SW

Why is it when I print to my HP DesignJet 650C from SW, it takes about 30
min to start printing. But when I create an I-Drawing or PDF and print it
starts in about 2 mins. Their both use the same driver. This is driving me
crazy. I've tried spooling, no spooling and print direct. Any suggestion?

Also I did not have this problem with SW 2001, sw2001+ or sw2003. I've spoke
to my VAR and they can not put a handle on it. They say some customer are
have trouble and some are not.

David Hannah

 

Do you have a dongle for SW if so it may be what is causing your problems.

 

sorry, that's E-Drawing

Why is it I can always find my mistakes after post, but not before.

 

Although this may be a SolidWorks issue, it's worth de-installing the
driver (if you haven't already done that), rebooting, and trying to
re-install the driver. Sounds like you are on a network, too. I can't
imagine two minutes to start printing, much less 30. De-install the
driver from the server if that's the case.

'Sporky'

 

Spork,

I've tried it on the network, I've tried it attached direct to my parallel,
I've tried it on a serial,I uninstalled drivers, I tried WinLine drivers.

This is a brand new computer I'm on now and it has the same problem my old
one did.

This is driving me crazy.

Thanks for the help

 

Window xp sp1a
SW2004 sp1

 

The other thing that's confusing is the file size. If I plot a detailed mold
assembly plan view, the plot file is about 5 mg in SW. The same drawing
plotted as an I-Drawing is about 750k. Why is their a difference?