Posted by Lucy/IL on 8/17/09 10:01pm
Msg #300488

copies

I am curious...why do some companies loan docs print out nice and fast and others take forever to print????

Reply by Linda Juenger on 8/17/09 10:04pm
Msg #300490

Funny you mention this tonight. It took forever to print tonight. Luckily I have 2 computers hooked up to 2 printers. Printed both at the same time. I would still be printing if I had done this. Doesn't happen often, but frustrating when it does.

Reply by Lucy/IL on 8/17/09 10:32pm
Msg #300503

It doesn't always happen but usually the one time you need to HURRY is when it will. Sometimes it may take an hour just to print papers. So frustrating!

Reply by mwm143 on 8/17/09 10:14pm
Msg #300493

In some cases of scanned pdf files the scanner used by the TC, SS, etc. has a higher dpi resolution setting. The higher the resolution the longer it takes your printer to read and print.

Reply by mwm143 on 8/17/09 10:15pm
Msg #300494

Increasing your printer memory will eliminate the problem n/m

Reply by Lucy/IL on 8/17/09 10:27pm
Msg #300499

Re: Increasing your printer memory will eliminate the problem

How do I do that?

Reply by mwm143 on 8/18/09 4:28pm
Msg #300660

Re: Increasing your printer memory will eliminate the problem

You can buy a memory card. They are fairly inexpensive and easy to install. Check your manual. Also using a USB printer cable vs a parallel cable will speed things up as well.

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 8/17/09 10:49pm
Msg #300512

Doesn't it also depend on how it's scanned?

If it's scanned as an image it will take longer than as a .... something or other...

Reply by YumaAgent on 8/17/09 11:21pm
Msg #300520

Re: Doesn't it also depend on how it's scanned?

I agree with Linda. I had a 98 pg document to print and had problems with printing from pgs 75-98 as the orientation of the document changed from portrait to landscape--apparently the TC merged two documents into one. The quick fix was to print pgs 1-74, then 75-98.

Reply by trnsa_IL on 8/18/09 9:20am
Msg #300554

Re: Doesn't it also depend on how it's scanned?

I had a similar problem on a PDF attachment I received Friday for a Sat appointment. Only page 5 of the attachment would not print correctly. All of the other 55 pages printed without incident. Page 5 was line after line of gray shading in several different tones.

I called the SS; "call the title company" which I did. The title company; "I can see page 5 just fine." To which I answered, "I can, too, but I can't print it, and I have tried every trick I know." "Just take what you have." was his answer. What??????

I asked him if he could at least print page 5 and fax it to me. Sure. I gave him my fax #, went to my next closings, never got it. I don't think he could print it either. It was page 1 of the 1003, so I emailed the SS and CC'd the Tile Co. that I would take what I had as instructed because I did not received page 5 which was the 1st page of the 1003.

That SS called me back pretty quick, "We cannot instruct you to go to the closing without all of the documents." Well what do you want me to do not go at all. The Title Co had said take what you have.

Sat I told my husband about the problem and asked if he could help. He tried all the tricks I had tried. No luck. Then he transferred the file to Adobe Photoshop on his MAC (he's a graphic artist) and what do you know I had page 5.

I was so frustrated with the TC because he acted like I was goofy.

Again hubby saves he day!!! =)

Tonya

Reply by JanetK_CA on 8/18/09 3:11am
Msg #300531

You mean vs. "as text"? That's what I thought, too. n/m

Reply by BNotary on 8/18/09 9:30am
Msg #300558

Re: You mean vs. "as text"? That's what I thought, too.

In PDF format try clicking on ADVANCED printing options then check the print as image box. Always works for me when I run into slow printing PDF files.

Reply by PAW on 8/18/09 12:57pm
Msg #300611

Re: You mean vs. "as text"? That's what I thought, too.

DO NOT, repeat DO NOT, do this if you are using Adobe Reader 9.1. The reason is that the Reader will interpret the file correctly for the different image formats and print accordingly. If you select "Print as image", you force the Reader to first render the page as a bit mapped image, then print, which actually may take it longer to print.

Prior to version 9, I would agree that turning on "Print as image" may speed up some files.

Reply by sue_pa on 8/18/09 6:49am
Msg #300533

I don't know the answer but I've had slower printing docs quite often lately. I've had some with several attachments to the same e-mail. One attachment will spit out like it should and the other will print a page and think about a page then print a page and think about a page, etc. VERY frustrating. I know it's not the size because the last time it did that the loan docs printed fast and the much smaller titile docs were the slow ones.

Reply by BestFlCloser on 8/18/09 9:02am
Msg #300550

The reason for the long print times is that the doc was scanned in a very high resolution. There is no need for docs to be scanned in at a resolution greater than 100 DPI. When I run into that I do give the SS or TC a call and asked for a redo on the files. Sometimes they accomodate other times I have to bite the bullet.

Reply by PAW on 8/18/09 8:11am
Msg #300542

See Msg #18810 n/m