A possible cause of your problem is Ghostscript (see bug 668800). But also other steps can be the problem. Please run the "top" command in a terminal window when printing something, to find out which CUPS filter is taking most CPU. Please tell your results here.
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 668800 Printing speed problem * You can subscribe to bug 668800 by following this link: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/+bug/668800/+subscribe ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 668800 Printing speed problem ** Changed in: cups (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete ** Changed in: cups (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/665978 Title: Slow Printing -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs