[ale] Performance Problems

[Dow Hurst]

Vikram,
It isn't the number of files since 135 is nothing.  I would expect a 
problem if you 1000 or more but not 135.  I believe CUPs has a wrapper 
lp command as part of the package.  You can use lp or kprinter in SUSE 
when CUPS is the print system.  The dbus message normal since you've got 
a USB connection to the printer, correct?  I wonder if your system is 
trying to resolve it's own name via DNS or something screwy like that 
for the slow Firefox file saving problem.  If your printing out of your 
programs Postscript that has to be rendered and fed thru a slow USB pipe 
you could get slowed down printing.  I don't think I've gotten fast 
prints out of my HP OfficeJet d125xi USB printer.  Especially at high 
quality (600-1200dpi)!  300 grayscale is pretty fast.
Dow


Vikram Nanda wrote:
> I am actually using letter  -  sorry,  I was trying various options 
> and I pasted the command with the A4 option.
> The actual command is
>
> /usr/bin/lpr -P HPOffJet4200
>
> The problem is not related to image files as I am having problem even 
> with small text files.
>
> I am using cups....
>
> when I use the print command this is the process I see
>
> dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 8 --print-address 6 --session
>
> When the printing starts after 45 sec I see the below processes - the 
> process exits/finishes
>
> lp       25401  3638  0 19:42 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/perl 
> /usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip 42 <user_id> [ale] ALE picnic 1 
> scaling=100 cpi=12 lpi=7 wrap
> lp       25403 25401  0 19:42 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/perl 
> /usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip 42 <user_id> [ale] ALE picnic 1 
> scaling=100 cpi=12 lpi=7 wrap
> lp       25404 25403  0 19:42 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/perl 
> /usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip 42 <user_id> [ale] ALE picnic 1 
> scaling=100 cpi=12 lpi=7 wrap
>
> About firefox - it is not taking 100% of CPU as I can easily switch 
> among other apps and work on them without any problems.
>
> James - There are 135 files/dirs/links in my home directory - this 
> could be the cause.. i'll try your solution
>
>
>
> James P. Kinney III wrote:
>> On Sun, 2006-04-30 at 11:10 -0400, Vikram Nanda wrote:
>>   
>>> My system has been having 2 performance problems - 
>>>
>>> 1) Save as --> The application ( Firefox 1.5) just hangs for about
>>> 30-40 sec as soon as the save as window appears.
>>>     
>>
>> Check the file count in the directory being saved to. I have several k
>> of files and it just takes forever. So I moved the default save-to
>> location and it sped up nicely.
>>
>>   
>>> 2) Printing - I have a HP Officejet 4215. Installation was smooth - I
>>> didn't have to do anything - the system recognized the printer and
>>> automatically installed all the driver. Print quality is great. BUT it
>>> takes 1 minute between issuing the print command and the start of
>>> printing. During this time the application hangs.
>>> Here is the print command  "/usr/bin/lpr -P HPOffJet4200 -o
>>> PageSize=A4"
>>>     
>>
>> Are you really using A4 paper? The printer may be smart enough to
>> recognize it's stuffed with letter and it's retranslating the page. 
>>   
>>> What could be the cause of these problems? Are they interrelated?
>>>
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