LinuxQuestions.org - Strange Cups Performance

So earlier this week I brought up a new machine with FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE. This isn't my first time using FreeBSD but I have to say I'm not nearly as familure with it as I am Linux.

Anyway, I decided to move my IPP Printer Server (aka cups server) to the FreeBSD box. I used ports to install cups-1.1.23.0. Configuration went just fine.

What I can't figure out is why cups is taking so long to print anything. It does work, the documents do get printed out correctly. However, it is taking forever for it to happen. The printer comes to life almost immediatly whether I'm printing directly from the FreeBSD box or over the network via IPP. However, it seams to only print about 1 line per second as appose to the usual 6-10 ppm.

Anyway have any ideas?

Just to give you an idea of the full setup, I'm using pmn2ppa-1.12 with a Deskjet 720C and the foomatic script stuff to interface the two.

List of all print related ports packages I've installed:
cups-1.1.23.0
cups-base-1.1.23.0_3
cups-lpr-1.1.23.0
cups-pstoraster-7.07_3
foomatic-db-20040107_2
foomatic-db-engine-3.0.2,1
foomatic-filters-3.0.2_4
ghostsccript-gnu-7.07_12
enscript-letter-1.6.4
pmn2ppa-1.12

Also, if it helps anyone:

dmesg Parallel I/O Startup

Code:

ppc0: <Standard parallel printer port> port 0x378-0x37b irq 7 on acpi0

ppc0: Generic chipset (EPP/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode

ppbus0: <Parallel port bus> on ppc0

ppbus0: IEEE1284 device found /NIBBLE/ECP

Probing for PnP devices on ppbus0:

ppbus0: <HEWLETT-PACKARD DESKJET 720C> SCP,VLINK

plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus0

lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0

lpt0: Interrupt-driven port

ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0

interesting dmesg message

Code:

stray irq7

Interrupt storm detected on "irq7: lpt0"; throttling interrupt source

stray irq7