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Subject: Re: lpd slow?
To: steve@cioeserv.cioe.com (Steve Ames)
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 1995 14:14:13 -0700 (PDT)
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In-Reply-To: <199509201232.MAA29100@cioeserv.cioe.com> from "Steve Ames" at Sep 20, 95 12:32:11 pm
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Are you using the lpt driver with or without irq7?  If so, are you
sure that your card actually has working irq hardware?  A lot of them
don't.

> I just started lpd on my freebsd almost current system. When i use
> lpr to print a small sample file (say /etc/rc for instance) it prints
> it but it is _SLOW_. It took almost an hour to print the file. I'm
> printing to a panason kxp-2135 printer (which is dot-matrix). Still,
> its not that slow a printer.

> Anyone have any clues on this? I'm not starting lpd with any command line
> options and my /etc/printcap file looks thustly:

> -----printcap----
> #	@(#)printcap	5.3 (Berkeley) 6/30/90

> lp|local line printer:\
> 	:lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:
> -----ENDS------
> which is the default, uncommented (and using /dev/lpt0 instead of /dev/lp).

> All help appreciated, nat.

> 					-Steve