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- From: paul@pphbau.atr.bso.nl (PPH Bauwens)
- Subject: Re: Problem with lp. Got me stumped. (email, I'll sum)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan1.101821.414@pphbau.atr.bso.nl>
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- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 10:18:21 GMT
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- : >
- : >The problem is that Esix's parallel port driver is terminally broken.
- :
- I strongly suggest you get a new parallel/serial I/O board where the
- LP interrupt really works!. They only cost about 25$
-
- Most LP problems under ESIX SVR4 (or any other UNIX) come from substandard
- hardware with inoperable LP interrupt. DOS does _NOT_ use the LP interrupt
- but performs busy wait.
-
- I routinely use GhostScript 2.4 to print postscripted manpages on my
- HP Deskjet without any problems AND THIS IS BITMAP DATA (>300K/page).
- Speed is about 1.5-2 pages / minute, the Deskjet busy all the time!
- On a 486 system loading during this is about nil.
-
- A friend of mine had the same problem. After we switched the I/O board
- everything worked perfectly! The polling LP drivers just get around the
- bad hardware in the first place.
-
- A Happy New Year!
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