> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Nov 30 09:36:57 2001 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: LPRng: Slowwwww filter > Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 10:29:53 -0600 > From: John Perkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > We have had 2 Tek Phaser printers, a 560 and now a 750. The 560 > > sort of worked with the AppSocket (ie. ports 9100/9101) protocol, > > but timed out a lot. The 750 always gave me wrong page numbers. > > After futtsing around a bunch with the 750, I tried using the LPR > > port. It seems to work fine and is fast. I don't know if this > > is the same on the 740, but on the 750 you can set the printer to > > send the server an eMail for each job with how many pages were > > printed on what medium and the amount of toner used, along with > > the user name. This lets us do quite accurate accounting. > > There is a "job pipelining" option on the newer Phaser printers (7XX/8XX) that > should be turned off to get accurate AppSocket page counts. Otherwise, it > accepts the job, acts as if the job has printed when in reality it's still > buffered in the printer. Those page counts are accurate when the query is > submitted, but they are not for the complete job. > > In an ideal world where page accounting doesn't matter, this yields higher > page throughput. > > -- > ============================================================================ > John Perkins | University of Wisconsin-Madison > Associate Researcher | Department of Computer Science > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 1210 W. Dayton St. > 608-262-0438/608-262-9997 FAX | Madison, WI 53706-1685 > ============================================================================
How do you do this? I will put it in the HOWTO. Patrick ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOU MUST BE A LIST MEMBER IN ORDER TO POST TO THE LPRNG MAILING LIST The address you post from MUST be your subscription address If you need help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or lprng-requests or lprng-digest-requests) with the word 'help' in the body. For the impatient, to subscribe to a list with name LIST, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with: | example: subscribe LIST <mailaddr> | subscribe lprng-digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe LIST <mailaddr> | unsubscribe lprng [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have major problems, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word LPRNGLIST in the SUBJECT line. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
