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Date: Wed, 20 Sep 1995 17:07:18 GMT
From: Steve Ames <steve@cioeserv.cioe.com>
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To: bmk@dtr.com
Subject: Re: lpd slow?
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> >
> > 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.
>
> 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.
>
How would I determine if I'm using it or no? I believe that it _does_
have working irq hardware, but I'm basing that on the FreeBSD boot
summary:

lpt0 at 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa
lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
lp0: TCP/IP capable interface

Perhaps this is incorrect?

						-Steve