Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 00:04:37 +0800 (TSD) From: Victor Sudakov <vas@vas.tsu.tomsk.su> To: font@mcs.net (Font) Cc: questions@freebsd.org, font@mcs.net Subject: Re: Printing pauses, why? Message-ID: <199709161604.AAA00616@vas.tsu.tomsk.su> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970914045034.15832A-100000@Jupiter.Mcs.Net> from "Font" at "Sep 14, 97 04:55:57 am"
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Font wrote: > I've started to set up printing on a FreeBSD 2.2-9706xx-RELENG box and the > instructions from the Handbook seem to be pretty thorough. In fact, > printing seems to work from the box to the Panasonic KX-P4400 printer I > have hooked up. However, when I spool something (with "lptest 80 50 | > lpr"), the printer receives part of the output right away, then it WAITS > FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES, then seems to get the rest of the output and > prints it. The filter I'm using does emit a form feed at the end. > > Does anyone have any idea why printing pauses for so long? I haven't > changed much from the GENERIC kernel except to add tun0. Could this pause > be coming from whether the printer is configured for polling or > interrupts? I used to have a similar problem on 2.1.0 until I replaced interrupt driven mode for the port with polling mode. I think in my case it was an interrupt conflict because my soundcard defaults to IRQ7. -- Victor Sudakov mailto:vas@obluo.tomsk.su http://www.obluo.tomsk.su/~vas PGP public key: finger vas@obluo.tomsk.su
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