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From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Printing problems
Date: 1 Jun 1996 00:24:19 +0100
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Sean Kelly (kelly@fsl.noaa.gov) wrote:
: It sounds like the classic polled/interupt-driven driver problem again.

: Try running (as root) ``lptcontrol -p'' to put the lpt driver into
: polled mode.  Then print again and see if it's any faster.  If it is
: faster, then you can put ``lptcontrol -p'' in your /etc/rc.local so at
: each boot-up you'll get a polled driver, or you can build a kernel with
: a polled driver.

: More details available under the Printing section in:

: file:/usr/share/doc/handbook/handbook.html     (installed 2.1 or higher
: systems)
: http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook.html  (elsewhere)

Also, try jiggleing your cable.  It took me ages to discover a bum cable
connection at one point.

--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....