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List:       cups
Subject:    Re: [cups.general] 5 Second delay between sending job and printing
From:       Michael Sweet <msweet () apple ! com>
Date:       2010-08-26 19:35:33
Message-ID: E56E5E85-89B8-443B-8477-F6B60BFAA97E () apple ! com
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It is probably the SNMP supply level lookups - if you use a PPD-based driver you can \
add:

    *cupsSNMPSupplies: False

to the PPD file.  For a raw queue there is no way to suppress the lookups...

On Aug 26, 2010, at 8:49 AM, Vince Vielhaber wrote:

> Not sure if this is hardware or software so I am raising the question here. I have \
> an Ithaca 280 printer that worked great on fedora 8 with cups 1.3.3. When I \
> upgraded my server and installed Fedora 12 with cups 1.4.2 i noticed a 5 second \
> delay between sending a print job to the printer and it actually printing. This \
> issue doesnt happen with laser printers, just the ithaca thermal printer. I have \
> tested this with 10 other ithaca 280 printers and all of them have the same result. \
> I am using a raw driver, and it is an IP based printer setup for Jetdirect in cups. \
> The setup is identical on a Fedora 8 server as it is on this Fedora 12 server. I \
> have even taken the steps to upgrade to cups 1.4.4 just to see if it was corrected \
> in a newer version, but the issue is still there. I have a utility that writes the \
> raw text directly to the printer which i used to test that it wasnt an issue with \
> the printer or its internal print server. That utility allows the document to print \
> immedia
 te
> ly.
> 
> So my question is this: Does anyone know what is causing this delay and how to \
> correct it? If not, does anyone know how to print directly to the printer using \
> cups instead of letting it go to the queue first like cups normally does for print \
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Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer, PWG Chair




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