Re: [9fans] man -t cat|lp takes 4min

[west9@worldnet.att.net]

>Try  -dstdout >/tmp/cat.ps
>cat /tmp/cat.ps >/dev/lpt1data

Here are the print times for some cases:

Base case, about 500 char plain text: 25 sec

Problem case:  man -t cat|lp : 4 minutes ; But printer light starts blinking a
 few secs after <cr>

Alt case:  man -t cat>/tmp/cat.ps;cat /tmp/cat.ps>/dev/lpt1data: 40 sec., but
 printing is in times font, which is native to the printer. 
 cat /tmp/cat.ps|page yields the man page in the usual man font.

>I wonder if lp is waiting for something to time out.  You might try
>`lp -D' and see if that tells you anything.

 I used the -D option and didn't see any trouble, but that might not mean much,
 given my level. I don't even know how to capture it easily, given the number of apostrophes it contains.

 Could it be that the fonts are being sent/requested unnecessarily?

Thanks to all,

 -Tom