4 second delay to network printer after upgrade

[Antony Gelberg]

Hi all,

I've raised Debian bug
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=590281, but now I'm
escalating upstream as I've had no response.

Basically the problem (and error log!) is in the above URL, but in a nutshell
since upgrading from Debian lenny -> squeeze (cups 1.3.8 -> 1.4.4), suddenly
our printers take 4 seconds before they start to print.  This can clearly be
seen in the error log, which is at least a good thing, as it gives visibility
to the debugging effort.

They are simple thermal EPOS printers with Ethernet interfaces, and ping
returns instantly.  The only thing that changed was the OS upgrade (yes I know
that's big for an "only" but just pointing out that the hardware hasn't
changed).

Hope someone can help - this is pretty crippling for us, believe it or not.
Please let me know what other information you need to assist us in debugging
this.

Antony
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