Tue, 06 Nov 2007, by [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > I have an old HP Laserjet 4ML Postscript printer connected to the > parallel port of my SUSE 10.0 machine, running CUPS and configured > to use the Laserjet 4ML v2013.003 postscript PPD file (recommended). > I also have this printer configured as a shared printer over samba > on my network. > > Everything works properly, but, when I use PayPal shipping to print > a USPS shipping label on Linux, it takes a long time (printer light > blinking the whole time), but when I do the same thing on Windowz XP > to the same printer over the share, it's very fast. The difference is > something like many minutes on Linux and only seconds on Windowz for > a single sheet to come out. > > Anyone could offer an explanation why it's so slow on Linux?
The rendering of a complicated Postscript page with graphics (bar-codes etc) just takes a long time for the old and slow engine in the printer. Try to use a PCL driver PPD file in the postscript's driver's stead. Much faster. Theo -- Theo v. Werkhoven Registered Linux user# 99872 http://counter.li.org ICBM 52 13 26N , 4 29 47E. + ICQ: 277217131 SUSE 10.2 + Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kernel 2.6.20 + See headers for PGP/GPG info. Claimer: any email I receive will become my property. Disclaimers do not apply. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
