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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.


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