I had this problem for a long time after upgrading XP with SP2.
What I did, was recommended by Martin Zielinski <mz@seh.de>.
Go to the registry and delete local device modes for the samba printers.
use regedit and goto
        HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Printers\
look for
    DevModes
or
    DevModes2
and delete the keys for the printers connected to samba printers.
So I had no problem any more and all seems to work.
I don't know what the devmode means, but it seems to be not very 
important, as anything prints like before and also fast!
Isaiah Salinas schrieb:
>I setup samba 3.09 printing with cups.  However the
>dialogue box takes about 10 - 15 seconds to load or
>even when i switch printer or change properties to
>printers. Strangly enough when i add my user account
>as a admin in the global section, the problem goes
>away. I am running my clinet on XP SP1.  Any help
>would be great.  Thanks!
>
>
>Isaiah
>
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