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Date:      Tue, 27 Jul 1999 16:16:40 -0500 (CDT)
From:      "M. L. Dodson" <bdodson@beowulf.utmb.edu>
To:        Guy Middleton <guy@obstruction.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: HP Laserjet 2100 printer with ghostscript
Message-ID:  <199907272116.QAA94788@beowulf.utmb.edu>
In-Reply-To: <19990727171032.A19477@chaos.obstruction.com>
References:  <19990726232115.A15778@chaos.obstruction.com> <199907271421.JAA91253@beowulf.utmb.edu> <19990727161514.A18990@chaos.obstruction.com> <19990727163521.A19232@chaos.obstruction.com> <199907272050.PAA94582@beowulf.utmb.edu> <19990727171032.A19477@chaos.obstruction.com>

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Guy Middleton writes:
 > On Tue, Jul 27, 1999 at 04:50:25PM -0400, M. L. Dodson wrote:
 > > Also, since I've put the 2100 on, ghostscript seems to suck up a
 > > lot more cpu than I remember it doing in the past (feeding ink
 > > jet printers).  X becomes quite unusable during the print job (no
 > > mouse responsiveness at all, even with gs niced to 15).  I
 > > thought that might be due to the change to ppbus from the old lpt
 > > driver of 2.2.x fame (This is a, not too recent, 3.2-STABLE box).
 > 
 > Hmm.  This is happening to me too.  I tried doing lptcontrol -p, which
 > seemed to help, but I may be imagining things.
 > 
 > 

I may stick the Epson Stylus in the next room on my box to try to
see if this is 2100-specific.  Unless someone in the know gives
me a hint ;-)  I'll let you know the outcome (may be several days
until I get time).

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M. L. Dodson                                bdodson@scms.utmb.edu
409-772-2178                                FAX: 409-772-1790


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