First some specs.
Redhat 7.3
Dell Poweredge 1600SC print server.
Ricoh "Afficio" 220 printer.
LPRng-3.8.20
No GUI stuff at all (so no gui printer config programs available)
The problem i'm having is that when performing any printer functions it
takes a long time for them to happen. It takes approx 10-12 seconds for any
printer related thing to happen, on both workstations and the server. For
example lpq, lpstat, printing, browsing the printers in windows explorer,
viewing the printer properties in windows, viewing the printer queue in
windows. For everything there's this 10 second delay. Everything prints just
fine, but theres a 10 second delay which our users are getting annoyed with.
Here's a copy of my /etc/printcap
ricoh220:|Ricoh 220 Afficio:\
:sh:rp=auto1:rm=ricoh220:\
:af=acct:lf=log:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/%P:
And the output of lpq
Printer: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (dest [EMAIL PROTECTED])
Queue: no printable jobs in queue
Status: job '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' saved at 11:40:01.707
Printer status : Idle.(Ready .)
Online/Offline : Online.
No Entries.
Things i've tried:
I can telnet to the printers name/ip address and the connection occurs
almost instantly. This is on port 9100 or 151 or just the regular Telnet
port (from which I end up at a Maintenance Shell). Pinging at about 1
millisecond.
I've tried putting the ip directly into the /etc/printcap but that had no
effect.
Can anyone possibly shed some light on what might be the cause of this?
Thanks
Dion Gullotta
Far Edge Technology
p. 02 99553640
f. 02 99547994
http://www.faredge.com.au
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