On Thu, 4 Apr 2002, Scott Ragen wrote: > I don't quite follow you there.
I don't either. Unless the printer can handle PS natively, you need GS to translate the PS into whatever language the printer knows. > It is setup just as lpr -Pprinter filename.ps > The printer is setup through webmin as an epson stylus, and I guess it has > automatically chosen gs. Yup. gs is the standard PS to <printer language> converter for Linux (although I believe CUPS has a different way). As to the speed issue, I have no idea why it is taking anywhere near that long. We've got a P-II 350 print server, which also does a bunch of other things (such as web serving and file serving) which chews through print jobs at a reasonable clip. GS isn't as fast as a native PS printer (and if you're doing lots of jobs, I'd recommend investing in a decent PS-capable laser - cheaper running costs, better print quality, and faster printing) but it shouldn't take minutes per page. Unless, of course, the bottleneck is your printer... Does the printer spool pages at a constant rate? Or does it print a bit, wait for GS to catch up, and then continue? -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- #include <disclaimer.h> Matthew Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
