On Nov 24, 2007 9:41 AM, André Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm on an Etch system with limited memory and CPU power, which I'm > trying to optimize in terms of software. The box acts a CUPS print > server with two queues, one raw queue and one HP PSC-1110 queue. The > HP AIO needs HPLIP to function. > > As we rarely print, I have already reniced cupsd and the hplip > processes to the max. But I would like to reduce the memory usage in > general as well. > > Is it possible to start these services on demand, instead keeping > them running all the time?
I don't know about starting cups on demand, but the more recent versions of hplip are library-based instead of using a daemon. Hplip isn't in backports, but you could get it from the sourceforge site. Cheers, Kelly Clowers
