Re: my printer's way slow

[Matt Kirby <mkirby@Kvack.mkNet.nerp.net>]

I've had the same exact problem with my hp540 on both OpenBSD and NetBSD, but
not FreeBSD and Linux.  It's because of a timing problem.  FreeBSD has a fix 
for this with their lptcontrol utility.  For details look at
http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/FAQ88.html#88
Their lptcontrol utility puts the printer in a "polled mode" rather than
interrupt.  Does anybody know how to do this with OpenBSD?  Can the lptcontrol
utility be ported?

On Sun, Jan 03, 1999 at 08:15:01PM -0800, Dana Booth wrote:
> I use OpenBSD 2.4 on a PC (amd) plenty of ram & disk room, etc., etc.
> The printer is a Canon BJ bjc-4200.
> 
> The slow printing has gone on for quite a long time, I don't use the
> printer much, and never really thought too much about it.
> 
> Anyway, what happens is that the printer will print out a line or two,
> think for about 15 - 20 seconds, print another line or two. The reason
> I thought to write is because I sent a job to the printer, which was
> one page plus about 10 lines of text, and it just finished after about
> ten minutes.
> 
> The printcap is generic; I only send plain text to the printer. 'real'
> print jobs get sent from 95, hehe...
> 
> 
> lp|local line printer:\
>         :lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:
> 
> By the way, graphical and formatted stuff sent from other computers is
> also real slow. When I first setup OpenBSD in version 2.3, it did just
> fine, but I must've hit a config something or other about a week later,
> because that's only about how long it printed okay. Anyone have any
> ideas?
> 
> 
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> Dana Booth <dana[at]oz.net>
> Tacoma, Wa., USA
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> 
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