Re: [hpoj-devel] printing slows system to a crawl

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On Fri, 2004-06-11 at 11:04, Cory Meisch wrote:
> Interesting... What version of ghostscript are you using? Also, I know
> that there hasn't been a version bump yet but can you also try
> hpijs-1.6? Also, it is a good idea to keep the usb stuff modular. Also
> kernel-2.6.xx?
> 

I installed hpijs1.6 and things are still herky-jerky (app menus, moving
windows, etc.).  It's hard to say if it's any better but if I was
betting I'd say probably not.  Is there some printing 'stress test' I
could run when starting a print/scan job so that I could quantify
results for hpijs1.5/6?

Mike


> On Thu, 2004-06-10 at 20:41, mail_acct wrote:
> > Hi - 
> > 
> > Been searching around (this list, HP's site, Usenet) and am not getting
> > anywhere.  My setup:
> > 
> > HP OfficeJet 6110 MFP (USB)
> > cups-1.1.20-r1
> > hpoj-0.91-r3
> > hpijs-1.5
> > kernel 2.6
> > (gentoo; devfsd-1.3.25-r6)
> > AMD 1.6GHz, 768M RAM, 1G swap
> > 
> > Whether I'm printing or scanning my system grinds to a halt
> > (practically) during the entire time until the printed document is spit
> > out - something is definitely out of whack.  Other than that everything
> > works fine.  I also use jpilot to sync my PDA via USB and have no
> > noticeable problems so don't necessarily know if this is a USB-related
> > problem.  I use ~/.toprc to set top to a frequent update and AFAICT I
> > don't see anything hogging CUP/MEM.
> > 
> > I don't know what other info to provide but can someone tell me if
> > there's some cfg I'm missing?  Or if something (known) is broken?  I
> > normally load all USB/print/scan as modules but tried compiling into
> > kernel with no improvement.
> > 
> > Mike
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