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Jeff

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Oct 15, 2001, 9:28:08 PM10/15/01
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Hi all,

I've decided to hook up my printer to the Linux box instead of my W2K
machine (direct to LPT1), since I'm using the Linux machine as my
mail, web, file and now, my print server.

But, I notice that when printing from the W2K machine, although as
fine in quality as when it was hooked up directly, is considerably
slower in output.

Is there a way to speed things up? I've already disabled the spool
setting from the W2K box.

Any tips appreciated.

Thanks

Dances With Crows

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Oct 15, 2001, 11:18:24 PM10/15/01
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In your /etc/modules.conf , there should be a line like so:

options parport_pc io=0x378 irq=7 dma=3

This should let the parallel port use an IRQ instead of polling (speeds
things up) and if your parport is capable of doing ECP, the dma= will
let it use DMA, speeding things up even more. The command "tunelp
/dev/lp0 -T on" may also help.

This will not help much unless the parallel port is the bottleneck. If
the printer is "smart" (that is, you feed it PostScript, and the printer
has a rasterizer built-in) then the parallel port will be a bottleneck.
If the printer does not take PostScript, but lower-level printer control
codes, then the bottleneck may be the speed at which Ghostscript can
turn PostScript into these codes. This process can be computationally
intensive sometimes, so moving the print engine from a 900MHz Pentium
3.5 to your sturdy old 486 can cause slowdowns.

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Yvan

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Oct 17, 2001, 4:01:08 PM10/17/01
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> In your /etc/modules.conf , there should be a line like so:
>
> options parport_pc io=0x378 irq=7 dma=3
>
> This should let the parallel port use an IRQ instead of polling (speeds
> things up) and if your parport is capable of doing ECP, the dma= will
> let it use DMA, speeding things up even more. The command "tunelp
> /dev/lp0 -T on" may also help.
>
> This will not help much unless the parallel port is the bottleneck. If
> the printer is "smart" (that is, you feed it PostScript, and the printer
> has a rasterizer built-in) then the parallel port will be a bottleneck.
> If the printer does not take PostScript, but lower-level printer control
> codes, then the bottleneck may be the speed at which Ghostscript can
> turn PostScript into these codes. This process can be computationally
> intensive sometimes, so moving the print engine from a 900MHz Pentium
> 3.5 to your sturdy old 486 can cause slowdowns.


Is there a way to add custom paper size (I need 8.5"x12") and change
resolution (I have Epson FX-2180 printer) In RH 7.1 only thing that I found
similar was Epson FX-1050 with low printing resolution. Printer is able to
print in higher resolution (240xsomething) but I can not select it. Any ideas?

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