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- From: johnk@gordian.com (John Kalucki)
- Subject: Re: postscript printer h/w speedup?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep9.193415.27556@gordian.com>
- Sender: news@gordian.com
- Organization: Gordian; Costa Mesa, CA
- References: <1992Sep2.192901.28857@nlm.nih.gov> <1992Sep03.224027.121430@zeus.calpoly.edu>
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 19:34:15 GMT
- Lines: 32
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- In article <1992Sep03.224027.121430@zeus.calpoly.edu>, etsiao@joule.elee.calpoly.edu (Eddie Tsiao) writes:
- >In article <1992Sep2.192901.28857@nlm.nih.gov> berman@nlm.nih.gov writes:
- >>Does anyone know about hardware (or software) to spped up printing
- >>on my sun sparc postscript printer? It is extremely slow when
- >>I give it psotscript jobs. What products are available? How much?
- >>
- >>Please e-mail me directly if possible.
- >>
- >>Thanks,
- >>
- >>Lew Berman
- >
- >I am curious about this too. It seems to me that the ps filter is overloaded.
- >Is there one out there (preferably PD) that is more efficient.
- >
- > - E.T.
- >
- >|Eddie Tsiao | etsiao@autobahn.ARDFA.CalPoly.EDU |
- >|System Administrator | Voice: (805) 756-1706 |
- >|ARDFA Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo | FAX: (805) 756-1702 |
-
- Depending on what you are printing, the transport mechanism can be
- a big bottleneck. Try increasing the serial speed to 38400 or going
- to a ethernet printer or parallel postscript printer connected to
- a printer server.
-
- If you look at a serial line analyzer (or just a breakout box) and
- characters are not flowing all the time (ie the printer flow controls
- the Sun), then you'll need a faster print engine.
-
- -John Kalucki
- johnk@gordian.com
-