http://blogs.technet.com/b/uspartner_ts2team/archive/2010/06/30/a-tale-of-two-articles-on-office-2010.aspxI found this rather interesting and had to share.&#160; I’m not a Wired reader, but I ran across two Wired articles as “related” links to other Office 2010 info gathering I was doing.&#160; The first one turns out to be a reasonably interesting articleen-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.technet.com/b/uspartner_ts2team/archive/2010/06/30/a-tale-of-two-articles-on-office-2010.aspx#3431953Fri, 27 May 2011 03:35:43 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3431953CB_24<p>Brian,</p> <p>Find a fix for the &quot;Connecting to printer&quot; delay?</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3431953" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.technet.com/b/uspartner_ts2team/archive/2010/06/30/a-tale-of-two-articles-on-office-2010.aspx#3343197Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:44:41 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3343197Brian Dailey<p>Actually, in rolling out Office 2010, we are experiencing even worse delays in printing. &nbsp;Clicking File-Print for a message in Outlook takes anywhere from 60-90 seconds before it becomes responsive again, while the dialog just displays &quot;Connecting to printer&quot;. &nbsp;Using Ctrl-P to print directly does not experience a delay. &nbsp;And yes, it does seem to be driver-specific (i.e., this is not happening with all printer types). &nbsp;Xerox printers don&#39;t seem affected, but many HP models are.</p> <p>And while Outlook exhibits the extreme case of this particular issue, it is also happening to a lesser degree in all our other Office 2010 applications. &nbsp;Applications outside of Office 2010 are not affected.</p> <p>A more constructive evaluation might lead to including an Option where this document preview might be turned off by the user in Office 2010 apps.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3343197" width="1" height="1">