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From: prc@erbe.se (Robert Claeson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: lp help needed
Message-ID: <1151@maxim.erbe.se>
Date: 23 Feb 90 09:10:01 GMT
References: <300@tmsys.UUCP> <9000027@m.cs.uiuc.edu>
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In article <9000027@m.cs.uiuc.edu>, carroll@m.cs.uiuc.edu writes:

> >Problem: the printer prints _excruciatingly_ slowly.

> I have exactly the same behaviour. Printing is very slow, even though the
> Epson has it's 2K internal buffer enabled. It never prints more than 2 lines
> in one "burst" - i.e., it's silent for multiple seconds, and then it blasts
> out a line or two, and then goes back to waiting.

The PC hardware often claim to send interrupts correctly when the printer
is ready to receive. However, this is in most cases a d*mned lie. You
will have to use the polling lp device instead (lp1p). I don't really
remember how to set this up out of my head. Check the documentation.

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          Robert Claeson      E-mail: rclaeson@erbe.se
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