How can I repair my very slow HP Photosmart 7762 Printer?

I had the exact same problem ... and investigated spooler settings, print prefs (took it off auto paper, best printing etc), took it off the PC & tried printing from the the memory card (so not several things there). The HP diagnostics testing software I downloaded said it was working fine. I also changed the B&W cartridge .... but I found out eventually it was actually the colour cartridge! Hooray!

I hope this helps someone else.

madmags
August 2008

Hi
I assume speed issue happens from all applications.
Check current driver settings - is it set to highest quality output ?
Try reinstalling the driver with standard options.
Try creating a new version of the printer.
Try different drivers.
Check the support info and driver downloads at hp ...

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/product?product=305378&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&submit.y=0&submit.x=0&lang=en&cc=us&y=0&x=0

good luck

Mark
December 2006