Why does OO Writer slow down in Linux???

Bill_Hwy · 05-01-2009, 01:21 PM

Maybe I'm behind the times, but I just discovered a strange thing--strange to me anyway. I download books, edit them and print them for my use. The strange thing is that if I print in Linux pclos or Mepis, using OO 3.0.0 the printer runs at about 4 0r 5 pages a minute. Using the same software, document and printer in Win XP, the printer runs at more than 20 pages per minute.

The printer is an HP deskjet D4260 which is capable of up to 30 pages per minute. All of the document is just black text.

Anyone have any idea why Linux is slowing things down???

irishbitte · 05-01-2009, 03:53 PM

It's not linux, it's simply the fact that you are using an open source printer driver that can not be as good as the manufacturers proprietary drivers. Don't misunderstand me, I'm pro open source, but when the community is reverse engineering for a product without an open API, the results are not always good. You say that:

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The printer is an HP deskjet D4260

so perhaps there are better linux drivers available? Take a look here: http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/index.html

Bill_Hwy · 05-02-2009, 10:26 AM

Irishbitte:

Thanks for the answer--what you say makes good sense.. I hadn't really thought about that aspect since the stuff in HPLIP is supplied by HP. But, maybe they don't supply the exact code that they put in the proprietary setup on the commercial CDs.

Yeah, open source is the way to go!!! I've been on Linux for near 3 years now; I keep Win XP to get the drivers for my scanner. SANE doesn't recognize it, and I can't justify throwing away a $150.00 scanner just because there are no drivers in Linux.

amani · 05-02-2009, 10:32 AM

File a bug report against the hp drivers.
They have a Linux driver development team

irishbitte · 05-04-2009, 04:51 PM

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File a bug report against the hp drivers.
They have a Linux driver development team

They do have a linux driver team, but they do not acknowledge the quality of the code, or really stand behind it, since by it's nature it's open source, and they cannot fully control the way it works. So they have not released their own proprietary code as open source! However, HP are moving in the right direction, and are more or less following Intel, who have embraced open source more fully.

To the OP: I'm glad you're sticking with open source! It's far better to have peer reviewed and certifiable code than closed source garbage we know nothing about!