Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 10:06:12 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Duplex printer advice Message-ID: <20080603100421.B5921@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.1.10.0806022007290.10705@wonkity.com> References: <BMEDLGAENEKCJFGODFOCMELCCFAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> <20080602232417.J36835@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <alpine.BSF.1.10.0806022007290.10705@wonkity.com>
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> This depends a lot on your print jobs. Low quality machine-generated > PostScript output can be slow. PCL can also be slow. The only way to really > know is to benchmark with your print jobs. there was no case i found postscript to print faster. > There's also the potential overhead of the print processing systems. Just > sending PS in the first place may be quicker than apsfilter or CUPS. i use lpd+my script for filtering postscript to PCL > Recent printers have fast RISC CPUs and fast PS interpreters. I/O speed > comes into it, too. FreeBSD seems particularly slow over parallel and USB both not true, but just use lptcontrol for parallel port!
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