I've searched a bit and didn't really find anything that completely addressed what I am experiencing.
We have an HP 8000n, 5200N, 1050c plotter, Canon iPF825 plotter and Konica Minolta C552 MFP. All are set on a Server 2003 R2 print server and a Server 2008 R2 print server. All drivers and firmware are up-to-date.
Issue 1) when printing PDF files to with the KM C552, it take forever for the job to finish spooling through either of the print server. However, if I have the printer installed on a Windows 7 64bit or XP Pro 32bit client as direct IP printing it spits right out lickity split.
Issue 2) if anybody on a Windows 7 client tries to print something like directions from Google map, or print an airline boarding pass from a website for example, through the Server 2008 R2 print server to any printer the job starts to spool, then errors and nothing else will print until that job is manually deleted. This does not seem to happen with direct IP printing or when printing through the Server 2003 R2 print server.
Here is the rub - I need to have at least the Konica Minolta C552 print through a print server because we require a few standard settings for printing. If I have the printers installed as direct IP printing it is much more time consuming to enforce our printing standards, even in a small 40 person office.
I also don't want to fall back to printing everything though the Server 2003 print server because a) that doesn't solve the slow PDF printing issue and b) we intend to phase out of Server 2003 servers.
Manning