Slow printer dialog

I have not seen an answer to what seems a common problem with Leopard: very slow (spinning ball) switches from one printer to another in the print dialog box on multiple applications. Any suggestions?

Am having this problem to.
- Slowness is apparent even when accessing the 'print & fax' system preference
- Can find no error message in any common 'log'
- Once printer sheet or panel has appeared it can be reaccessed at normal speeds.
– Seems the delay occurs on each new document.
- Problem first occurred with 10.5.1
Maybe the issue lies with CUPS printing errors.
Have tried an Archive & Preserve Users install. Someone please post a fix!

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Slow print dialog problem in Leopard

I'm experiencing a significant slowness from when I press cmd-P to print to when the actual print dialog shows up. In another Mac system in the house with a similar configuration (tho Intel Mac), the print dialog with the same Epson LP-S5500 driver doesn't take A MINUTE to show up.
I thought it might be a permissions error, which cannot be repaired right now under Leopard for some reason. Anyone have any ideas why the print dialog is so freaking slow to appear? Every time I make a change to the dialog after it comes up takes another minute. It's quite frustrating.
Help!

Well, in my logs, it shows this...
I [07/Dec/2007:12:31:40 +0900] Full reload is required.
I [07/Dec/2007:12:31:40 +0900] Loaded MIME database from '/private/etc/cups': 52 types, 48 filters...
I [07/Dec/2007:12:31:40 +0900] Loading job cache file "/private/var/spool/cups/cache/job.cache"...
I [07/Dec/2007:12:31:40 +0900] Full reload complete.
I [07/Dec/2007:12:31:40 +0900] Cleaning out old temporary files in "/private/var/spool/cups/tmp"...
I [07/Dec/2007:12:31:40 +0900] Listening to ::1:631 on fd 4...
E [07/Dec/2007:12:31:40 +0900] Unable to bind socket for address ::1:631 - Address already in use.
I [07/Dec/2007:12:31:40 +0900] Listening to 127.0.0.1:631 on fd 6...
I [07/Dec/2007:12:31:40 +0900] Listening to /private/var/run/cupsd on fd 7...
I [07/Dec/2007:12:31:40 +0900] Resuming new connection processing...
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Mine doesn't seem to be that simple.

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Since I upgraded Adobe Reader from version 9 to version 11, everyone is complaining about an extreme slow response from the print dialog box to bring up, but to work with it (mostly change printer and browse advanced properties) as well. It may takes at least 6 to 14 seconds to respond some times...
I did not uninstall the previous version before installing the new one. Once I noticed the problem, I used the Adobe Cleaner Tool, and also manually removed the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Acrobat Reader and the Adobe Reader folders in Program Files. I restarted the server, then I installed version XI one more time, and restarted again. Unfortunatly, still experiencing same problem...
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I believe this is covered in the Acrobat JS API Referecne saveAs entry. Follow the link for safe path.
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Generally, when a path is judged to be not safe, a NotAllowedError exception is thrown (see Error object) and the method fails.

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The bulletin here:
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Hi,
In my opinion, it's hard to say your problem caused by KB2909210. Have you tried to uninstall this update for test if your intrant site's problem resolved?
If your problem truthfuly caused by this updates, you can choose to hid the update as a workaround method.
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applejack AUTO
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Affected versions:
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Environment:
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Mr. Powell,
Have you resolved the issue you reported above? Are the workarounds I mentioned above effective for you?

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HT3669 Since I starting using my MacMini (2011 version) I have not been able to print double sided from my HP Photosmart plus - there is no option for this in the Printer dialog box as there was in the similar dialog box on my PC. How do I set up this opt

Since I starting using my MacMini (2011 version) I have not been able to print double sided from my HP Photosmart plus - there is no option for this in the Printer dialog box as there was in the similar dialog box on my PC. How do I set up this option?

1. You did not get an error message telling you that your iPhoto library was getting full. You got a message telling you that your HD was getting full, right?
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