wants CUPS to use more CPU, run faster.
Michael Sweet
mike at easysw.com
Thu Sep 7 16:28:25 PDT 2006
gary carroll wrote:
> I am using CUPS running under Fedora Core 5 as a dedicated print server
> on a Pentium dual-core 2.6 Ghz/1gb system. Performance, particularly
> when driving PCL printers with PostScript jobs, is more sluggish than it
> should be. When I check what is going on I see the system is 90% idle,
> which I suppose explains the sluggish RIPing and printing.
> I am guessing that there is some setting that tells CUPS not to use too
> much CPU in order not to detract from other tasks. In this case, I want
> CUPS & ESP GhostScript to have top priority, using as much CPU and RAM
> as needed for best performance.
You are running into a bandwidth or printer speed limitation - most
CPUs can process print data many times faster than the printer, and
there is usually nothing you can do to make the printer go faster.
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