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- FastSpool is an application to send data over the parallel
- port much faster than by using the parallel: filing system.
- The speed you can obtain is largely dependent on the kind of
- device you've got there. When it's a printer you'll probably
- only notice a difference over using standard methods if it's
- a laser printer since other printer types are usually too
- slow to keep up with this kind of data flow. I get about 80kB/s
- with my HP LJ5 in contrast to the 16kB/s I get using standard
- methods. This means *5 times the speed*!
-
- Drawbacks: it's rather hardware-specific in that it can only
- work with computers where a 82C710, 82C711 or compatible chip is
- driving the parallel interface, for instance the A5000 and the
- RiscPC series. It won't work on older machines.
-
- You may get the error that FastSpool can't open parallel:. This
- is merely a precaution to prevent other applications from messing
- with the parallel port while FastSpool is using it. FastSpool
- doesn't use ParallelFS.
-
-
- This application is Freeware. You may copy it freely provided
- no part of it is changed and it's not sold for profit. There's
- no warranty on this program: I will not accept any responsibility
- for any kinds of damages resulting from using this application.
- Use it entirely at your own risk.
-
-
- Contact:
-
- Andreas Dehmel
- Am Schorn 18
- 82327 Tutzing
- Germany
-
- dehmel@informatik.tu-muenchen.de
-