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From: gillisb@mist.cs.orst.edu (Brian Gillis)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: SCO XENIX/386 and a slow lp
Keywords: XENIX 386, lp is real slow
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Date: 17 Sep 88 17:44:38 GMT
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In article <5470@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> toma@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Tom Armistead) writes:
>I have just installed 386 Xenix (SCO) and am having some problems
>with the lp spooler. It runs **REAL** slow, printing about 1 line
>every 1 to 2 seconds, even when there is absolutely nothing else
>happening on the system...
>
>Has anybody had the same problem and does anybody know of a fix???

I have had this problem in the past and it has usually been one of the
following things:
1) Bad printer cable.  
2) The interrupt on your printer card is set incorrectly
3) Your printer may not be using the same protocol with your printer
   port on your 386.  I have had this problem when I allow users to 
   use their really old printers that require strobing on various lines.
   If you look in your SCO Run-Time Manual, you will see how to overcome
   this problem by creating polled printer ports.

If you find out anything new, please let me know.
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