Subject: Re: Extremely slow printing from Mac to Linux/netatlk
From: Matthew Keller (kellermg@potsdam.edu)
Date: Fri Sep 08 2000 - 14:14:08 EDT
> Stephen Lubbs wrote:
> Any Ideas as to why the data xfer between the mac and netatlk is so
> slow? Is DDP really that slow? File xfers, which use appletalk over
> TCP as a transport, are very fast.
> I'm at work now so I can't provide config details but if they would be
> useful I will be glad to post them later when I get home.
It's not DDP, itself (although throwing around 20mb PS files over 10mb
using AT is a bit nasty) - The PAPD subsystem appears to be rather, um,
how do I say this without offending diligent minds..... Gross, I guess.
Rather gross. I've looked at it a bit, and it's quite crazy- Makes my
eyes bug out.
I love typing the word "Hi" in simpletext on a Mac, and Notepad on a
Windows box, print to the same printer (Netatalk for the Mac, and Samba
for the Windows box) and watch the Windows job print, and then 2-4
minutes later see the mac job-- Helps me convince people to buy more
Intel machines. :-D
--Matthew Keller WebMaster & Lead Programmer/Analyst Distributed Computing/Telemedia Information Services Division State University of New York at Potsdam Website: http://mattwork.potsdam.edu/ PGP: http://mattwork.potsdam.edu/crypto/ Webcam: http://webcam.mattwork.potsdam.edu:85/
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