I've recently converted our Solaris (2.5.1 through 2.8) systems to
lprng. Things work, but AppSocket printing is VERY slow. Actually, it seems
that once ifhp is done, it's the transfer from the Sun print server to any
of the HP printers that is very slow. A simple one-page text file will take
2 minutes print -- with the regular Solaris lp stuff and HP JetAdmin
software, the same page would print in a matter of seconds.
A 1177064 byte job when using raw LPD takes under a minute to print. When
using AppSocket, it took roughly 15 minutes from start to finish (with sync@,
pagecount@, waitend@, status@):
Filter_status: using model 'hp4000' at 10:58:25.764
Filter_status: setting up printer at 10:58:25.786
Filter_status: pagecounter 0 at 10:58:25.787
Filter_status: sending job file at 10:58:27.184
Filter_status: starting transfer at 10:58:27.185
Filter_status: initial job type 'POSTSCRIPT' at 10:58:27.187
Filter_status: decoded job type 'POSTSCRIPT' at 10:58:27.189
Filter_status: job type 'POSTSCRIPT' at 10:58:27.190
Filter_status: transferring 1177064 bytes at 10:58:27.201
Filter_status: 25 percent done at 11:03:10.172
Filter_status: 50 percent done at 11:08:03.258
Filter_status: 75 percent done at 11:10:39.351
Filter_status: data sent at 11:13:48.190
Filter_status: sent job file at 11:13:48.191
Filter_status: pagecounter 0, pages 0 at 11:13:50.190
Filter_status: done at 11:13:50.192
I'm using a pretty basic setup, as you can from this snippet
of the printcap (sj-prtsrv-1 is a CNAME):
.server
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/%P
:mx=0
:lf=log
.filter
:filter=/usr/local/lpng/libexec/filters/ifhp
:lpd_bounce
.client
:force_localhost@
mbs:cm=HP 4050N Copy room
:server
:tc=.server,.filter
:lp=172.16.0.241%9100
:ifhp=model=hp4000
mbs:cm=HP 4050N Copy room
:client
:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
:oh=!172.16.0.29
:tc=.client
This happens with all of our AppSocket printers. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.
--
Timothy Demarest ArrayComm, Inc.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 2480 N. 1st Street, Suite 200
http://www.arraycomm.com San Jose, CA 95131
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