Date: Wed, 20 Sep 1995 14:14:13 -0700 (PDT) From: bmk@dtr.com To: steve@cioeserv.cioe.com (Steve Ames) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: lpd slow? Message-ID: <199509202114.OAA00578@everest> In-Reply-To: <199509201232.MAA29100@cioeserv.cioe.com> from "Steve Ames" at Sep 20, 95 12:32:11 pm
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Are you using the lpt driver with or without irq7? If so, are you sure that your card actually has working irq hardware? A lot of them don't. > I just started lpd on my freebsd almost current system. When i use > lpr to print a small sample file (say /etc/rc for instance) it prints > it but it is _SLOW_. It took almost an hour to print the file. I'm > printing to a panason kxp-2135 printer (which is dot-matrix). Still, > its not that slow a printer. > Anyone have any clues on this? I'm not starting lpd with any command line > options and my /etc/printcap file looks thustly: > -----printcap---- > # @(#)printcap 5.3 (Berkeley) 6/30/90 > lp|local line printer:\ > :lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs: > -----ENDS------ > which is the default, uncommented (and using /dev/lpt0 instead of /dev/lp). > All help appreciated, nat. > -Steve
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