Print Jobs slow to spool to HP Deskjet Plus 4155 after installing Mac OS Catalina

After installing Mac OS Catalina a few days ago (from Mac OS High Sierra) my iMac is slow to send print jobs to the printer. I uninstalled and reinstalled. Have it installed as Bonjour printer to use HP E-Print just as with High Sierra. HP Virtual Support tells me to Install it with HP Smart App but I was unable to use all functions of the printer when I used the app in High Sierra. Please can someone enlighten me more than the Virtual Assistant?

Thanks,

iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Mar 25, 2021 9:43 PM

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Posted on Mar 28, 2021 2:57 AM

Just a follow up Note about time to send a print job to the HP Deskjet Plus 4155. Several thunderstorms moved through Arkansas this afternoon so I shut everything down. When I restarted the iMac the printer could not be found. I created a Manual Printer status report by Holding the wireless button and Information button. The printer showed connected by wireless to URL: http://192.168.223.1 which happens to be HP Support Community's IP. Long Story short. I did a Reset to Defaults on the printer, set it up to find my Home Wifi and entered the PW then as an AirPrint printer. NOW within a couple of seconds after I send a print job the printer starts printing. Possible that I should have dumped the HP Smart set the first time I set up AirPrint first time.

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Mar 28, 2021 2:57 AM in response to Owl-53

Just a follow up Note about time to send a print job to the HP Deskjet Plus 4155. Several thunderstorms moved through Arkansas this afternoon so I shut everything down. When I restarted the iMac the printer could not be found. I created a Manual Printer status report by Holding the wireless button and Information button. The printer showed connected by wireless to URL: http://192.168.223.1 which happens to be HP Support Community's IP. Long Story short. I did a Reset to Defaults on the printer, set it up to find my Home Wifi and entered the PW then as an AirPrint printer. NOW within a couple of seconds after I send a print job the printer starts printing. Possible that I should have dumped the HP Smart set the first time I set up AirPrint first time.

Mar 27, 2021 10:47 AM in response to Owl-53

Thank You. I appreciate the input very much. This was an easier set up than the HP Smart app. The delay in the iMac sending the Print Jobs is shorter than with the previous set up, but I can live with it. I also notice a lag in both Apple apps and non Apple apps loading so I am beginning to wonder if it's in the iMac's processing of Catalina. Reviews indicated that some people were having slow performance with the Late 2012 iMac, so I waited as long as I could because I liked the way High Sierra performed, but Medtronic.com the site used to upload my wife's insulin pump data dropped support for it. Right now FINANCIALLY A little lag compared to the price of a new Mac.

Again, Thank You for the Assist!

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