>>Alt case: man -t cat>/tmp/cat.ps;cat /tmp/cat.ps>/dev/lpt1data: 40 sec., but
surely that produces a copy of the ditroff not postscript? did you leave out `|lp -d stdout' in that? >>Could it be that the fonts are being sent/requested unnecessarily? lp -d stdout won't include the Lucida fonts, but lp direct to a printer will add them if needed (which they probably are). they look to be about 740k bytes. devlpt sets the parallel port to its original 1980s mode. it will be slow. given all that, 4 minutes seems not too surprising. short of revamping devlpt, i'd suggest you print several pages at once, make sure it has plenty of paper, and take yourself out for lunch. (it's not too bad with usb.)
