Perhaps it's a postscript virus :) ftp://ftp.minolta-qms.com/pub/cts/out_going/dos/postv.txt J On Monday 08 October 2007 12:01:03 am Florin Iucha wrote: > Hello, > > 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. > > When I spool something, it starts blinking the data port and it just > sits there. Maybe when the moons align just so, it spits out a page. > > Has anybody seen this problem? Does anybody know how to fix it? > Should I just take it to the curb and let the trash truck run it over? > > Thanks, > florin