intrepid: printing very slow
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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cups (Ubuntu) |
Incomplete
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
printing of large files is extremely slow in intrepid due to (unnecessary?) post-processing
setup:
- Ubuntu Intrepid as of Oct. 27th
- Kyocera Printer 1800+ connected via Ethernet (100mps), configured as PostScript printer (Foomatic/
problem:
I am currently trying to print out a 400 page PDF from Adobe Reader (incidentally the manuscript for my German Ubuntu book :-); for about a minute or two, nothing happens at all; when the printing finally starts, it is much slower as it was in Hardy
top shows that gs is constantly running
to get around this mess, I tried print the PDF in Adobe Reader to a file (test.ps); then, I printed the file directly using lp test.ps; as the printer is a postscript printer (and marked as such in cups), I expected CUPS would simply transfers the file to the printer; not so! same effects as above
lp -q raw test.ps finally did it, the document is currently printing in the expected speed of ca. 10 - 20 pages / minute
I know there are about a dozen other bug reports of users experiencing similar effects with CUPS in Intrepid, but I was not sure which had the same roots as my problems; so I opened a new report
I'm seeing the same incredible slowness on the Konica C5500's here in the office. Windows users have no problems, but it takes literally hours for me to print complex OpenOffice.org presentations.