Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 17:09:08 +0000 From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> To: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: lpt0 printer slows system response significantly Message-ID: <20061102170908.GA4213@mech-aslap33.men.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1061103022218.9161C-100000@gaia.nimnet.asn.au> References: <20061101221408.9D04216A523@hub.freebsd.org> <Pine.BSF.3.96.1061103022218.9161C-100000@gaia.nimnet.asn.au>
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On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 03:03:21AM +1100, Ian Smith wrote: > On Wed, 1 Nov 2006 Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 10:49:36AM -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > > > * Change the printer port to polled mode. ["lptcontrol -p"] > > > With this kind of hardware, it may even speed up your printing as well. > > Thanks a lot, I think it does print a bit faster. But more > > importantly I see virtually no performance degradation during > > printing. > > > > On slower machines using interrupt mode might cause > > significant degradation of the overall system perfor- > > mance due to the interrupt service using most of the > > CPU time. On such machines changing to polled mode > > will balance the CPU load as well as result in > > faster printing. > > > > I'm not sure if that's generally true for slower machines; you haven't > said (or I missed) what sort of printer you're using, what filters you > run via printcap, and such? Not one covered by the existing para? > > I have a 1500c, bit faster than your 1700 @300MHz, that has printed lots > of large files via gs without ever seeing any significant irq 7 load nor > any slowdown of the machine at all - albeit using a slow old printer. > > Not that I see any problem with your proposed addition. Perhaps 'On > some slower machines running fast printers using interrupt mode ..' ? > > Cheers, Ian That's interesting. I use lj2100 with apsfilter via printcap. aps1|lp|laserjet;r=1200x1200;q=medium;c=gray;p=a4;m=auto:\ :lp=/dev/lpt0:\ :if=/usr/local/etc/apsfilter/basedir/bin/apsfilter:\ thanks anton
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