Michel Kohl wrote:
>
> Hello Kymon,
>
> well, I'm working in a company which uses only printservers for printing
> and sometimes you can have very strange problems with them.
>
> First, you can use network lpd printing even from Windows XP. If you
> want
> to know how, you can ask.
>
i have similar problems using windows, that's why i believe the problem
is the printserver. i just hoped there would be a workaround to it, eg
by letting linux do the processing before sending the printjob, kind of
like what windows does when using a gdi printer.
Second, as I
know, the printserver should always forward every print job
directly to the printer. So you should not be limited to 64k print jobs,
but either to 8 MB print jobs. Because the 64k cache should be only for
caching the stream flow.
thanks for the explanation, i made wrong
assumptions on how a
printserver works. i still wonder why printing is slower when using the
printserver, if all it does is to forward the printjob. i doubt that the
100mbit network connection is causing this, and if printserver memory
doesn't matter either, that would only leave the printserver's
processing speed as the bottleneck? would adding memory to the printer
make any difference?
Which printer
driver do you use on linux? (this could be one reason for
your problems)
pxlmono
Which printer
do you have.
hp laserjet 1200
Which router (incl. print server) do you have?
netgear fr114p
>
> Another problem could be also that the print server has bugs and does
> not
> support the LPD protocol correctly, so look out for firmware updates.
> Warning: I am not responsible in hardware failures due to firmware
> updating, be sure that you know what you do. You could destroy your
> router/printserver with an fw update.
>
good idea, i'll check for firmware upgrades.
> Another solution would be to buy a separatly print
server for USB or
> parallel port (for about 65 euros).
>
if everything else fails i'll do that.
> Regards,
> Michel Kohl
>