Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 16:46:55 -0500 (CDT) From: Gary Clark II <gclarkii@main.gbdata.com> To: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: printing very slow Message-ID: <199705142146.QAA01513@main.gbdata.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970514081503.213D-100000@bsampley.vip.best.com> from Burton Sampley at "May 14, 97 08:19:20 am"
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Burton Sampley wrote: > Is anybody else having problems printing under -current? I know I'm using > an ancient printer (Epson FX 80+ 9 pin dot matrix) but now it's printing > about 1 pass of the print head every 2 - 5 minutes. The printer itself > works fine in test mode. FWIW I'm using apsfilter from the ports > collection. I tried removing and re-installing apsfilter, but I keep > getting the same results. The last time I CVSUP'ed and made world > (include rebuilding the kernel) was yesterday afternoon (PST). > > Any ideas? Try setting the printer in polled mode. This is a classic example of a interupt setup problem. "lptcontrol -p" > Burton Gary -- Gary Clark II (N5VMF) | I speak only for myself and "maybe" my company gclarkii@GBData.COM | Member of the FreeBSD Doc Team Providing Internet and ISP startups - http://WWW.GBData.com for information FreeBSD FAQ at ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/docs/FAQ.latin1
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