Very slow printing with stock FreeBSD5.3 + CUPS + Gimp-Print + HPDeskJet612C

[Anthony M. Agelastos]

Thank you for your reply,

When I installed CUPS (make && make install), it defaulted to 
ghostscript-gnu-7.07_12. After that, I installed Gimp-print. To get the 
printer working, I used the web-based admin system 
(http://localhost:631) and chose the 600/600c series printer drivers 
(CUPS+Gimp-Print). This resulted in retardedly-slow prints. After 
posting the email, I then tried the HP DeskJet 600/600C - 
CUPS+Gimp-Print drivers and it has the same problem. I do not see any 
other options to choose for this printer in the dialogue I am given.

Are you suggesting that CUPS should use ESP Ghostscript as opposed to 
the one it defaults to? If so, how do I go about doing this? I have not 
installed any PPDs manually (I relied on Gimp-Print).


> Maybe, make sure you installed the correct driver-there are two; a
> high resolution, (something like 3K dots per inch, and it will only do
> 3K dots per inch, which makes it very slow,) and a driver that uses
> the CUPS specific version of ghostscript, ESP ghostscript, (the other
> drivers require all of gimp-print to be installed.)
>
> The ESP ghostscript drivers end with a -ijs extension, and that's
> probably the one you want.
>
> Look at the ppd file you installed in probably /usr/share/cups/model/
> for something like:
>
>     *cupsFilter: "application/vnd.cups-postscript 0 foomatic-rip"
>
> and see if there is anything in the file ending with -ijs.
>
>     John
>
> BTW, this solved the same thing on my Epson Photo Stylus 780. Maybe
> your problem, too.
>
> -- 
>
> John Conover, conover at rahul.net, http://www.johncon.com/
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