Vista Firewall slows up printing

[Guest youngjan]

Hi,

I've got a Canon LBP5200 laser printer. Since getting a new PC with Vista

Home loaded I've had problems with the printer.

Got the correct driver from Canon installed and the printer works but takes

forever to spool & start printing.

Checked with Canon support and all the printer configuration settings are as

they recommend - they couldn't recreate the problem but suggested a firewall

might be the cause.

If I switch off Windows Firewall it works like lightning. I've tried adding

the Cannon LBP5200 RPC server process to the exceptions list and this helps

with some applications, but unfortunately there's still a problem printing

from Office (Word & Excel etc.). The little blue donut spins for about 2

minutes.

Any suggestions on settings for the firewall?

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Jan