From koffice  Sun Oct 26 07:26:20 2003
From: James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj () acm ! org>
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 07:26:20 +0000
To: koffice
Subject: Re: slow printing with CUPS
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James Richard Tyrer wrote:

> The DMP printers are just slow! :-) Especially if you print high 
> resolution.  I know because I use one for similar purposes.  If the 
> print head is moving all of the time, then it isn't the driver that is 
> causing it to print slowly.  In general, 24 pin machines are faster than 
> 9 pin machines and using 1/2 the maximum horizontal resolution is best 
> if speed is important because all DMPs take two passes to print the 
> maximum horizontal resolution.

One consideration though.  If you have a 24 print printer, be sure to use 
the 24 pin driver since the 9 pin driver will print a lot slower.

--
JRT

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