[Linux-disciples] slow printing with hp842c

[Adam Rosi-Kessel]

Karl Sokol wrote:
> My printer works ok for the most part- except that it is extremely
> slow.  From what I could find googling around, there is a timing issue
> peculiar to some hp models when the printer is in 'interrupt-driven' mode. 
> 
> The solution that is regularly presented is to set the printer into
> 'poll' mode by...
> 
> $ lptcontrol -p -d /dev/lpt0
> 
> However, it seems like the program lptcontrol is a BSD program and not
> in the debian archive.  Before I look for a source for lptcontrol or
> start fiddling with the kernel (which I would rather not do), is there
> an easy way to change the printer's mode?

I have an unconfirmed suspicion that you might be able to change it
somewhere under /proc/parport/.  Have you checked there?

Also, there is a command tunelp that I think should be included in standard
Linux installations that probably does the same thing as lptcontrol.

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