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From: mzellers@starnet.uucp (Mark Zellers)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Retaining reused fonts & procs indefinitely
Message-ID: <1991Mar15.053725.17155@starnet.uucp>
Date: 15 Mar 91 05:37:25 GMT
References: <1991Mar13.185708.22003@cbnewsm.att.com>
Reply-To: mzellers@starnet.UUCP (Mark Zellers)
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In article <1991Mar13.185708.22003@cbnewsm.att.com> kalin@cbnewsm.att.com (andrew.j.kalinowitsch) writes:
>From a "cold" start, either file prints in 45 seconds.  After that, the second
>and all subsequent files print in 15 seconds (ideal) if we send them one-
>after-the-other with a time lag of no more than 5-10 seconds.  However,
>waiting longer than 5-10 seconds triggers some kind of timeout, after
>which execution time returns to 45 seconds (side note:  we are not baud
>rate limited).  We've tried messing with t

My guess is that you are using some fonts which are not in the font
cache.  After printing one job, the fonts are still in the cache.  Then,
the idle font-caching routine kicks in.  The newly cached fonts are
replaced by those on the default font caching list.  Take a look at the
"setidlefonts" operator in the Adobe PostScript Language Reference
Manual (the Red Book) or the manual that came with your printer.

Mark H. Zellers