Subject: Re: Printing too slow (solved)
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Trevin Beattie <trevin@xmission.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 09/18/1999 19:16:21
>I use the same printer and had the same problem.  It turned out to be a
>problem
>with the interrupt driven device driver for the printer (or, maybe, with
>the printer
>firmware).  I solved it using the lpa0 (polled) device in /etc/printcap
>instead of lpt0.
>Now it works fine both for text mode and Ghostscript.
>
>Regards,
>Federico Lupi
>
>I tried that, and it didn't do any good.  Now instead of taking 24 hours
per page, the printer only spit out 1 inch of print in 8 hours -- in other
words, its three times *slower* than it was when using interrupts!
>

Sorry, my mistake; I didn't have the proper changes saved to /etc/printcap
the first time I tried it.  When I fixed that file and tried again, it
worked as quickly as it should.

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Trevin Beattie          "Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards,
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