Bug#702673: PostScript drivers won't work for HP LaserJet 1200

[Brian Potkin <claremont102@gmail.com>]

On Sat 03 Aug 2013 at 09:11:31 +0100, Brian Potkin wrote:

> Correct me if I have lost sight of the essential point of this report,
> but it seems to come down to "Printing a test page on an HP Laserjet is
> very slow".
> 
> If the slowness is mainly to do with a buggy PostScript interpreter on
> the printer I wouldn't see that as the responsibily of cups-filters.
> In general there is a way round it by changing the renderer but maybe
> there is a case (wishlist) for changing default-testpage.pdf to something
> which does not produce such large PS files with pdftops.

If you haven't seen it, #718895 at

   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=718895

might be of interest.

Both PDFs print with a Generic PostScript driver and the default
renderer in under 20 seconds on my printer. I had not previously
fully appreciated the effect a default default-testpage.pdf
produced by Cairo would have on rendering time, PS file size and
printing time.

Cheers,

Brian.