Subject: Re: Faster Printing with TCP/IP?
From: Ron Chmara (ron@opus1.com)
Date: Wed Mar 29 2000 - 17:38:07 EST
John Grieg wrote:
>
> I am using Appleshare over IP, but printing the "old way" (choosing
> printers in the chooser)
> Is it faster to print with LPD (I have tried to set up this, but the
> printjobs just "disapper")
>
> grieg.john@hl.telia.no
>From a Mac? No.
Why? Because the Mac LPD driver assumes the LPD print devices require
7 bit, not 8-bit. So there's a small conversion time, plus a larger
(more time consuming) job transmission.
-Bop
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