[cups.general] Delay before printing in more recent Linux distributions?

[Michael Sweet]

On Dec 4, 2010, at 3:14 PM, Nick Rahl wrote:
> 
>> I wouldn't expect it to take quite that long; I used to print shipping labels on a LP-2844Z in less time than that over USB.
>> 
>> 
> 
> We're using an LP 2844 as well with a network printing adapter that 
> connects to the parallel port and lets you connect it to a network (very 
> similar to HP's Jet Direct). From a Windows desktop, it takes about 3 
> seconds from "click" to printing for an almost identical label. Whereas 
> from CUPS it's about 10 seconds.
> 
> The server that makes the labels is a VPS, so it's impossible to connect 
> a printer via USB. BUT since Windows does it in 3, the problem is most 
> likely not a hardware limitation, but rather an issue with Linux, CUPS, 
> or the network configuration. From the CUPS debug log, most of the time 
> is spent reading/writing, 8192 bytes at a time.


Keep in mind that the CUPS driver will only be sending a full-page/label bitmap, whereas the Windows driver likely is doing some/all as vectors (which results in a smaller print file).

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Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer, PWG Chair