Re: AFP/PCL Speed

[michaelr_41@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

I've got 30 of these running...and they're remote. I think that's what's
killing me...downloading the overlay every time across the WAN.

On Mon, 2 Feb 2004 14:31:09 -0500, "Jim Franz" <franz400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
said:
> I am also using hpt for *afpds and hp4100n's. Performance is ok.
> I reserved 16meg in the QSPL subsystem description (3 of these printers
> running all the time).
> If you are using performance auto adjust, adjuster takes too long to
> react
> to printing subsystem
> and needs the reserve.
> Also changed the sleep options on the printer to not so quickly go into
> sleep mode.
> Also added a little more memory to each printer (cheap).
> 
> jim
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Pat Barber" <mboceanside@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 4:49 PM
> Subject: Re: AFP/PCL Speed
> 
> 
> > Yes....convert your printer to IPDS. HPT is gonna be a
> > slowwwwww deal with AFP type stuff....
> >
> > IPDS & AFP go together.....
> >
> >
> > michaelr_41@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > > I converted an application to use AFP rather than a vendor's product. It
> > > works fine...except for the speed. It's unbearably slow when printing to
> > > a remote location. These are HP 4100 printers - no IPDS. So, the iSeries
> > > is using HPT to convert from AFP to PCL (I believe). Is there anything I
> > > can do to increase the throughput?
> > >
> > > TIA...
> > >
> >
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