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slow print to parrallel port lp1

From: bv@wjv.com (Bill Vermillion)
Subject: Re: Slow print to lp1
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Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 02:59:38 GMT

In article <20020110194911.59329@tegan.com>,
Tom Parsons  <cis@tegan.com> wrote:
>Ron Wolff enscribed:
>| I am running SCO OE 5.0.5.  I added a second parallel port at 3BC, and it
>| prints very slowly.  Is there a fix I don't know about.
>
>Again we get to guess the configuration.
>
>I'll try:
>  Your first parallel printer is lp0
>  You configured your second parallel printer as lp1
>
>If you consult the HW man page for lp, you will find the only legal
>combinations are:
>  lp0 and lp2
>  lp1 and lp2

>Granted the configuration utility will let you make this mistake and
>granted that sometimes it works properly, however on some systems,
>it doesn't work at all or if it does, it works slowly.

>If you must be a glutton for punishment and use parallel printers,
>then use the mkdev parallel utility to change lp1 to lp2.

>Print servers are a much, much better way to print.

Yup.

But on the first part - I have seen more than 1 add in parallel
port that lets you configure the address but they are all fixed
at IRQ7 since the MS world really doesn't use IRQs for printing.

If he changes lp1 to lpt2 and has a fixed IRQ he'll probably still
have that problem. Changing to a polled printer is the only option
at that point.

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