Printer brings system to a crawl

[Aioanei Rares]

On 03/21/2010 03:02 PM, Mike Chambers wrote:
> I have an All in One Canon PIXMA MP190 printer, that attaches via USB.
> There isn't a driver for this one, so I have used both the mp180 and
> mp220 drivers (one below and one above the 190).  It doesn't seem to
> matter which driver I use, but when the printer starts doing anything,
> printing or even just resetting itself or whatever, my desktop is
> unusable.  I can't even move the mouse hardly at all while it's doing
> it's thing.
>
> Is this a printer thing, a Canon thing, and/or USB thing?  If others
> tell me they have certain brand printers that work and don't have this
> problem, only include them if they are basic printers, sort of all in
> one, and under $100.
>
> Soo, anyone have ideas?
>
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