I suggest using CUPS or LPRng, rather than LPR, which has been deprecated.
You also need to configure the printer drivers properly. For example, a
generic driver may work, but much more slowly than a driver written for your
particular printer.
Smitty
On Tuesday 17 December 2002 21:44, you wrote:
> I know this was discussed some time ago but I cannot find it. My linux
> box prints very slow. I'm running RH 8.0 and using LPR as it comes
> shipped. On average a page of plain text takes more than a minute to
> print. Same printer accessed by a pc running Windows 98 will do about 8
> pages a minute.
>
> Is there anything I can adjust or tweak to speed up this process?
>
> Regards
> Russ
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