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From: rhh@ct.picker.com (Randall Hopper)
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Subject: Re: HP Laserjet 5L
To: kaplan@cslab.tuwien.ac.at
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 1996 08:17:04 -0400 (EDT)
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On Fri, 30 Aug 1996, Leon Kaplan wrote:
> I followed the steps in the handbook but I just can't seem to
> get this working:
> 
> My HP 5L is on /dev/lpt0. When I try to "cat /etc/printcap > /dev/lpt0" then
> (appart from the missing LF -> CR+LF translation) everything gets
> printed _very_ slowly (1/2 page per minute). If I use a simple filter script 
> as the one below then I have the same problem. Could this be because of 
> interrupt driven mode? Should I switch to polling? Any experiences?

Sounds familiar :) Try lptcontrol -p.  Either that, or remove the other
conflicting device on IRQ 7, if one exists (probably a sound card or a
second parallel port).

Randall Hopper
rhh@ct.picker.com