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From: shrike-list-bounces@(protected) [mailto:shrike-list-bounces@(protected)]
On Behalf Of Steve Bergman
Sent: Tuesday, 23 March 2004 11:33 AM
To: Discussion of Red Hat Linux 9 (Shrike)
Subject: Re: Evolution extremely slow printing HTML email
Wolfgang Gill wrote:
> What make and model of printer is it??
>
> I have a Canon S830D. When I print using cups' native drivers, it
> prints very slowly. But when I print it via Turboprint, it prints
> around 3 times faster.
>
The printer is an HPLJ5.
It's not the printing that is slow. It's the generation of the
postscript to send to the spooler. The postscript file is ~22MB in size
and takes minutes to generate, evolution being totally unresponsive the
whole time, not even redrawing its windows. The same thing happens if I
print Generic Postscipt to a file. If I then run it through ps2ps it
gets distilled down to 18k!!! The postscript file evolution is
generating is over 1200 times the size it should be.
-Steve
I guess in a way that is what I mean. The TP drivers talk to the printer
natively. Where Cups generates a Postscript format and then sends it to the
printer. I'm in the office right now, and don't have Evolution configured,
else I'd try it here. I've always found the Cups drivers to be slow
regardless of the type of printer.
Just as a test here at the office, we have a HP LJ4100TDN and I noticed the
driver was configured for Postscript. I sent it a 12 page document and it
took around 2 minutes to print the first page. I then changed it to
gimp-print, and it was instant. That might help speed things up a bit.
Wolf
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