From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 11 01:02:38 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 DFCBB16A4CE for ; Mon, 11 Apr 2005 01:02:38 +0000 (GMT) Received: from green.rahul.net (green.rahul.net [192.160.13.49]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2F4843D46 for ; Mon, 11 Apr 2005 01:02:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from conover@rahul.net) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by green.rahul.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 786B9BE8BE for ; Sun, 10 Apr 2005 18:02:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 19424 invoked by uid 4199); 11 Apr 2005 01:02:31 -0000 Message-ID: <20050411010231.19423.qmail@rahul.net> Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 18:02:31 -0700 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <3d4917d89fcf710e1ada055cb7bd4de9@asu.edu> References: <3d4917d89fcf710e1ada055cb7bd4de9@asu.edu> X-Mailer: VM 6.99 under Emacs 20.7.2 From: conover@rahul.net (John Conover) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Very slow printing with stock FreeBSD5.3 + CUPS + Gimp-Print + HPDeskJet612C X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: John Conover List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 01:02:39 -0000 Anthony M. Agelastos writes: > Hello all, > > My HP DeskJet 612C printer is printing unbearably slow (0.033 PPM). I > have a stock installation (GENERIC KERNEL) of FreeBSD 5.3 straight off > of the install CDs, and I have installed very little software thus far. > I have mainly followed the installation instructions from > > http://www.csua.berkeley.edu/~ranga/notes/freebsd_cups.html > > It basically prints one line at a time, then pauses for a while, and > makes some noises, and then repeats. The whole single test page took > over 30 minutes to print. Does anyone have any insight/info that they > can give me to solve this problem or point me in the right direction of > solving it? I have Googled and done some searching and did not come up > with anything. I checked the CUPS documentation and forums and did not > see anything either. > Maybe, make sure you installed the correct driver-there are two; a high resolution, (something like 3K dots per inch, and it will only do 3K dots per inch, which makes it very slow,) and a driver that uses the CUPS specific version of ghostscript, ESP ghostscript, (the other drivers require all of gimp-print to be installed.) The ESP ghostscript drivers end with a -ijs extension, and that's probably the one you want. Look at the ppd file you installed in probably /usr/share/cups/model/ for something like: *cupsFilter: "application/vnd.cups-postscript 0 foomatic-rip" and see if there is anything in the file ending with -ijs. John BTW, this solved the same thing on my Epson Photo Stylus 780. Maybe your problem, too. -- John Conover, conover@rahul.net, http://www.johncon.com/