Suffield, David wrote: > Hi, > > There seems to be a timing window with this HP product family (ie: > clj2550, clj2840, lj3050, lj3055, clj4730mfp) that makes the print job > 3-4 times slower than normal. This issue seems to be PC hardware > specific and USB 2.0 specific. Fortunately there is a perfectly good > work around.
It obviously hits a really bad combination with my particular hardware as it slows down about 30-40 times! Interesting about the USB2.0 specific though as I forced it down to USB1.1 using a 1.1 only hub and the problem still persisted. > In the data/models/models.dat file change the "io-mode=4" to "io-mode=1" > for your printer record. Note, your printer record should match your URI > (ie: [hp_color_laserjet_2550] or [hp_color_laserjet_2550_series]). This > will change the USB printing data transport from 1284.4 to "raw". > > The models.dat changes should be in the next HPLIP release. Can confirm that takes the print time down from ~30 mins to ~1 min. :) YAY! I should have asked this last year and saved myself many hours of waiting! Thanks heaps. Regards, Brad -- "Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so." -- Douglas Adams ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ HPLIP-Help mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hplip-help
