4 second delay to network printer after upgrade

[Antony Gelberg]

Hi Michael,

Thanks a lot, indeed that's what it was.  I'm assuming it's a feature, not a bug, but is that documented anywhere for upgraders?

Antony


> That looks like an SNMP timeout issue. Add "*cupsSNMPSupplies: false" to your PPD file to eliminate the delay.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Aug 2, 2010, at 6:07 AM, Antony Gelberg <antony.gelberg at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > 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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