From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 29 15:31:26 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63CE716A4CE for ; Fri, 29 Apr 2005 15:31:26 +0000 (GMT) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E854943D2D for ; Fri, 29 Apr 2005 15:31:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.13.3/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j3TFVOQD095516; Fri, 29 Apr 2005 09:31:24 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) with ESMTP id j3TFVOV6095513; Fri, 29 Apr 2005 09:31:24 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 09:31:24 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Ray Seals In-Reply-To: <1114784605.715.3.camel@localhost> Message-ID: <20050429092318.J91132@wonkity.com> References: <1114784605.715.3.camel@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.6 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Fri, 29 Apr 2005 09:31:25 -0600 (MDT) cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: APSFilter/LPD printing slow X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 15:31:26 -0000 On Fri, 29 Apr 2005, Ray Seals wrote: > I'm running 5.3 on a Dell Precision 470 Pentium Xeon with a Gig of > memory and SATA hard drives. I'm printing to a networked LaserJet 5 > printer. It takes about 40 seconds between pages when printing a > multi-page document. Does anyone know how to speed this up? I doubt > it's an APSFilter issue since the drive stops churning once the printer > starts (I think it's finished formatting the file). It may be that you are just seeing the time it takes the LJ5 to render the PostScript. The LJ5 PostScript interpreter is not very fast. Depending on your print contents, sending PCL may be quicker. 'lpc status all' or lpq can show you when the job is finished sending to the printer. The disk light is probably not a good indicator, since FreeBSD will have the spool file cached in RAM. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA