Re: linux cups slow printing help

["Bob - BLU" <user=1384@nabble.blu.org>]

 On 04/23/2008 12:56 PM, Bob - BLU wrote: 
> I have a customer that I am transitioning from SCO Unix to RHEL.  The 
> server is used for an application that generates simple text reports.   
> They have a variety of HP printers.  I need to be able to print this 
> simple text output and set: landscape, lines-per-inch, 
> character-per-inch, margins, printer tray.  Very doable with command 
> line options to 'lp'.  The problem is that cusp takes by 124KB text file 
> and turns into a 1.4MB binary (ghostscript?) file in the print queue.   
> Under SCO, and cups with the 'text-only' driver, printing takes 1:45 
> (~10 secs per page).  Under cups with any other driver (hpijs, pcl5e) 
> printing takes 6:45 (~40 secs per page).  I can't use the text-only 
> drivers because I need landscape, printer tray selection, etc. 
> 
> This horrid print speed isn't acceptable to the customer.  Any ideas on 
> how to work around this? 
> 
> I only have two so far: 
> 
> 1) Tell the customer to replace all printers with newer faster ones. 
> 2) Write my own PCL to wrap around the text files and print raw. 
> 
> There has got to be a better solution.  Any help, ideas, pointers will 
> be greatly appreciated!