Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 23:01:21 +0100 (CET) From: Marco Beishuizen <marco@beishuizen.info> To: Peter Ulrich Kruppa <root@pukruppa.de> Cc: FreeBSD questions mailing list <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to make printer print faster? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.58.0312092255580.81188@tsunami.bsd> In-Reply-To: <20031209191545.A74542@pukruppa.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.58.0312091704360.61006@tsunami.bsd> <20031209191545.A74542@pukruppa.net>
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On stardate Tue, 9 Dec 2003, the wise Peter Ulrich Kruppa entered: > On Tue, 9 Dec 2003, Marco Beishuizen wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > I own a HP LaserJet 2100, connected to my home network. According to the > > specifications it should be able to print 10 pages per minute. When using > > Windows that's not a problem. But using FreeBSD (with lpd configured with > > help of Apsfilter from the ports) it prints very slowly, I guess about 2 > > pages per minute. > > > > Is it possible to make printing go faster? > Start apsfilter's setup and play around with resolutions and > qualities. > If you need different quality standards, you could give them > different names like hplaser_lo and hplaser_hi . Well I just tried a lot of settings (resolution to 300dpi, quality to high/medium/low) but it has not influenced the speed of printing at all. The only driver that seems suitable for my printer is the lj5mono or lj5gray. Any other suggestions? gr. Marco -- They also surf who only stand on waves.
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