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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!classic.iinet.com.au!swing.iinet.net.au!news.uoregon.edu!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!gatech!newsjunkie.ans.net!fonorola!riscan.riscan.com!theos.com!agate!boulder!emu.fsl.noaa.gov!kelly From: kelly@emu.fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Question about Printing speed. Date: 5 Dec 1995 17:15:40 GMT Organization: Forecast Systems Laboratory Lines: 33 Message-ID: <4a1uns$9bi@peabody.Colorado.EDU> References: <49vjvo$76g@news.map.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: emu.fsl.noaa.gov In article <49vjvo$76g@news.map.com>, <jay@map.com> wrote: >Would anyone know why the fbsd print daemon sends stuff to the printer >as slow as it seems to here? First, do a more controlled test, and keep LPD from sending to the printer: lpc stop <printer-name> Then make a test file: man -t 8 sa | gs -sDEVICE=djet500 -sOutputFile=/tmp/tst And send that test file to the printer cat /tmp/tst > /dev/lpt0 If it's still slow, try switching the lpt driver from interrupt to polled mode (or vice versa): lptcontrol -p -u 0 For polled mode lptcontrol -i -u 0 For interrupt mode And do the `cat' again and see if it's any faster. -- Sean Kelly NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory, Boulder Colorado USA I saw a sign at a gas station. It said "Help Wanted." There was another sign below it that said "Self Service." So I hired myself. Then I made myself the boss. I gave myself a raise. I paid myself. Then I quit. -- Steven Wright