On Saturday 27 January 2007 18:45, fredex wrote: > On Sat, Jan 27, 2007 at 09:27:05AM -0800, rfjones wrote: > > I have Linux 2.6.18-1.2798.fc6, it takes about an hour to print a 1.8 MB > > jpeg > > on a networked laserjet 2100 using the pxlmono driver > > I cant print at all using gthumb; just text junk > > the gimp will print a respectable page, but it takes about an hour > > Any ideas? > > TIA > > rfjones > > Can you get any clues where the holdup is? > > Is it a parallel port printer, or USB, or networked? > > I've heard tell of a utility for tuning the parallel port, but can't > think of its name right now. [later] Aha! tunelp! try "man tunelp". > > If USB, maybe it's an old low-speed (USB 1) port? > > I wouldn't expect to be CPU bound in any way, though the image will need > to be converted into the appropriate commandset. Perhaps top can help > you figure out if some program is the bottleneck. There could well be a delay of several minutes while the data is being processed before it even starts to print, for a picture of that size. It's part-software based, but also the speed that the printer can handle the picture is relevant. Probably other factors, too. Anne
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