Subject: Re: Heavy /dev/lpt use burdens system.
To: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
From: Andrew Gillham <gillhaa@ghost.whirlpool.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 09/12/1999 20:36:37
Perry E. Metzger writes:
> 
> Andrew Gillham <gillhaa@ghost.whirlpool.com> writes:
> > -current, as of a month or so ago.  The problems I was seeing are
> > that the printer is appearing to miss data or something.
> 
> Weird. I get no such trouble at all. I'm using an old but pretty solid
> shielded printer cable, and magicfilter+ghostscript to do the
> driving. I've never experienced any trouble like you've been having.

I'm thinking it may be related to my fancy cable.  I'll have to round
up and old uni-directional cable and give that a shot.

-Andrew
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