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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