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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!ames!news.larc.nasa.gov!news.msfc.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail 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 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4onv33$m1@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <4o2s6k$bl3@nr1.ottawa.istar.net> <31AB1EC6.52BC@fsl.noaa.gov> NNTP-Posting-Host: anorak.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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....