From: joel@wam.umd.edu (Joel M. Hoffman) Subject: Re: /dev/lp1 (HP Deskjet 500) VERY slow in 0.98p6 and 0.99 Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 17:39:07 GMT
In article <BzD2oA.BL9@utdallas.edu> ramesh@utdallas.edu writes:
>
>The lp driver changed to a new tunable driver somewhere in pl5-6 time. You
>need a command called tunelp and need to tune to your lp (the default
>values chosen at boot time seems to be way off for deskjet 500.) Here is
>what I use with my 500 and works just fine.
>
>tunelp /dev/lp -w 0
>tunelp /dev/lp -c 350
>tunelp /dev/lp -t 5
What do those lines mean?
-Joel