Re: Slow printing through CUPS
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On Friday 20 September 2002 09:39 am, Alex Malinovich wrote:
> I'm using CUPS to print to a network printer attached to a Windows 2000
> box. All printing is done via SMB. The big problem is that when I'm
> printing from one of my Debian machines, the speed is absolutely
> horrible. Approx 3 - 5 MINUTES per page. When printing from a Windows
> box, I get about 3 - 5 PAGES per minute. Is there any easy way to figure
> out what's wrong on the CUPS side? Or would I be better off just
> connecting the printer to a Debian box and running CUPS with printing
> over IPP? Any suggestions?
>
> -Alex
Greetings Alex:
I also had the same problem. I first used lprng, then switched over to CUPS.
Both printed *really well* but very slowly. My bride could send over one of
her print jobs from win98 and it would print very quickly. I didn't see any
option unit recently when I installed a full stable Woody on my laptop. When
I added the printer, I had over 5 drivers to choose from for my old hp-560c!
The one I picked printed as fast as winX but only in black/white. The next
one printed almost as fast as winX but in full color--eureka! I did a quick
search and loaded more CUPS drivers with apt-get, then modified my printer
config to use that driver. Much improvement for an impatient hippie :)
The advice is check for optional drivers (gimp-print etc) and add them all,
then see if you can find one that will really drive your printer well.
gl
tatah
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