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From: burton@parcvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: AST Sprint Spooler slowness
Message-ID: <634@parcvax.Xerox.COM>
Date: Mon, 16-Nov-87 20:34:18 EST
Article-I.D.: parcvax.634
Posted: Mon Nov 16 20:34:18 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 19-Nov-87 06:21:36 EST
Organization: Xerox PARC
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Keywords: Superspool  slow operation


The AST SuperSpool (V1.40) that I recently installed on my system drives 
my Epson FX-80 printer very slowly compared with non-spooled 
printing.  Printer speed seem unaffected by other system operations 
like keyboarding or disk access. I like the spooler because the application 
"finishes" printing very quickly, but I want to speed up 
the printing operation.

My system is a stock IBM PC AT (6 MHz), 640 KB of RAM, EGA card and 
display, and an AST ATvantage for normal and extended memory.  
The spooler uses 512 KB of extended memory, much bigger than 
most print jobs.  


Can I configure the spooler for better performance?  I could see no 
change in print speed when I disabled the Epson's 2KB 
internal buffer, as per the AST manual.
 
Is there a later version of SuperSpool that might run faster?

Are there other spoolers available that don't slow down printer 
operation?


Please post answers directly to the net.



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