What version Publisher?
A document may take a longer time than expected to print or the print spool file
may be larger in Office 2003 or in Office XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/904948/en-us

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> If I print 500 business cards to my laser printer, it spools a massive 500
> meg file and it takes 20 minutes to get started. I unchecked the collate box
> thinking this might do something, but it did not. Any ideas on this one?