Very slow printing on 5.4 with cups anh HP LaserJet 4L

[Paul Schmehl]

--On Wednesday, June 15, 2005 12:56:19 +0300 asa at ma3x.net wrote:
>
> I have a problem with very slow printing after replacing 4.1 instalation
> with new 5.4 instalation (clean install, not upgrade). The printer is HP
> 4L, and i use it with up to date CUPS (all packages + gimp-print). With
> both CUPS ang gimp-print drivers and default port settings the dokument
> printing speed is about 8k each 1 minute (acording to CUPS web interface).
> There are no error messages from the kernel. With hint.ppc.0.falgs="0x20"
> or "0x80" there is the same effect.
>
> With hint.ppc.0.falgs="0x20", "0x40", "0x48" and "0x88" CUPS web interface
> shows taht first 32k are sent instantly. Then 'Interrupt storm detected on
> "irq5: lpt0"; throttling interrupt source' kernel error message apears and
> the rest of the document prints slow, as in the first example.
>
> I tried this with several standard and HP bidirectional cables. I also
> tried all possible BIOS settings for the port.
>
> The old 4.1 instalation prints without problems.
>
I had the exact same problem, except with a Deskjet 932C.  Someone on the 
list said "man lptcontrol" and set your printer to "poll".

I used this command:
% lptcontrol -p -d /dev/lpt0
and it fixed my problem.

Paul Schmehl (pauls at utdallas.edu)
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