On Mon, Oct 08, 2007 at 12:01:03AM -0500, Florin Iucha wrote: > More than a year ago I purchased a used HP Laserjet 5MP with a low > page count (15k). I connected it to my Debian server, configured it > in Cups and all was well. It wasn't a speed daemon, but it printed > a page every other minute if it wasn't too loaded. I have upgraded > the memory to the max (24MB) and that speed it up a bit. > > Lately, the printer slowed down drastically, the new rhythm is one > page every 15-20 minutes! These are PDFs, with some small graphics, > nothing out of the ordinary. > > I moved the printer from my Debian server to my Ubuntu workstation. I > then moved it to a Windows laptop. It is all the same. I poketh around the Windows print dialog and I upped its "Postscript Memory" to "2600k" from the original "760k". I spooled the same PDF and now it was spitting out pages without any pauses in between. Weird... Now, how do I replicate this miracle onto my Debian server? florin -- Bruce Schneier expects the Spanish Inquisition. http://geekz.co.uk/schneierfacts/fact/163 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: Digital signature Url : http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20071008/f33e5944/attachment.pgp