Subject: [netatalk-admins] papd
From: Paul Krohn (krohn@examiner.com)
Date: Fri Jan 29 1999 - 20:50:19 EST
with lots of help from folks on the list (thanks!), i set up an mklinux
box and (netatalk-1.4b2+asun2.1.0) to spool for three printers. it
actually functions quite reliably, but printing speeds from various
applications vary tremendously.
for example, printing from netscape (something we do a lot of since all
of our staff and wire pictures are accessed via a web client) is much
faster through the spooler - on the order of ten times faster.
however, printing from quark is a different story; it is fastest printing
via laserwriter 7 directly to the printer; a little slower using 8.3.4;
and over a minute (!!) to print the same 600 dpi 8.5 x 11 page using
8.3.4 and the spooler.
as an aside, i can't spool at all using laserwriter 7. it just sits there
and the clock spins, "preparing data".
i guess the simple question is "does anyone know of a laserwriter driver
that both works and is fast(er than not spooling) for most or all
applications, but mostly quark xpress?"
thanks.
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Paul Krohn
San Francisco Examiner Systems Department
110 Fifth Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
415-777-7884
krohn@examiner.com - www.examiner.com
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