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Date: Sat, 23 Sep 1995 17:50:10 GMT
From: Steve Ames <steve@cioeserv.cioe.com>
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To: jleppek@suw2k.ess.harris.com
Subject: Re: lpd slow?
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>
> the best indicator that your hardware does not have working irq
> hardware is slow printing :-). you can just use lp control and set it
> to polling mode and it will work. I would suggest getting another
> iocard if you are sure yours is setup correctly.
>
Thanks... just did an 'lptcontrol -p' and printing sped up drastically!
I'm going to recompile the kernal without the irq option on lpt0 and
see how that floats.

					-Steve