[cups.general] slow printing from cups

Ryan Suarez ryan.suarez at sheridanc.on.ca
Thu Jan 22 11:58:14 PST 2009


sorry, forgot to mention the cups queue is raw (no ppd)

Ryan Suarez wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> We're running samba v3.24 & cups v1.3.7.  The problem queue 
> (oa-e202-e1) is printing to the lpd port Lexmark T644 printer.  I'm 
> trying to print from Windows Vista 32bit client using  the 'Lexmark 
> T644 PS (MS)' driver installed from the clients local driver repository.
>
> The problem is that it takes a *minute* to print a simple test notepad 
> file.  The job hits the printer immediately since the roller on the 
> printer starts spinning (slowly).  But the roller keeps spinning 
> (slowly) for a while and the job eventually prints (slowly) after a 
> minute of waiting.
>
> If I print directly to the IP of the printer, using the same driver on 
> the client, the job prints *right away*.
>
> I have cups job files and error_log here:
> http://it.sheridanc.on.ca/cups
>
> Any advice?  We're getting alot of complaints with this.
>
> thanks and much appreciated,
> Ryan
>





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