From: Joachim Sprave (sprave@gonzo.informatik.uni-dortmund.de)
Date: 09/01/92 

From: sprave@gonzo.informatik.uni-dortmund.de (Joachim Sprave)
Subject: slow lp driver
Date: 1 Sep 1992 07:42:59 GMT

Hi Linuxers,

Friday I bought my Deskjet500 (very hard to get even if you're willing
to pay). I printed via latex, dvips, gs into a PCL-file and copied
it to /dev/lp2 (was also trying lp1). My DJ500 printed one or two lines,
then waited a while, and so on. Can someone explain me why it is
/that/ slow ??

A comparision:

        linux : cp page.1 /dev/lp2 ~ 3 min.
        a-mess-dos : COPY /B page.1 LPT2 ~ 20 sec.

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