printer low speed
Hello everybody,
I just bought an Epson Stylus C46 with an USB port. My distro Mandrake 9.1 recognizes it and uses the C42UX driver. It works fine, but there is only a big problem : Epson claims it must print at 12 ppm, and I can only print to 0,5 or 1 ppm, even in low resolution, text only, black only... I tried with all my different USB ports on my PC, and it's always the same result. My old Stylus color600 on parallel port, which was printing at 6 ppm, was 10 more faster than this one. I don't understand what happens, and what I could do to get a correct speed. Thanks very much to everyone who would have an idea. :confused: |
IS your computer USB 2.0 or USB 1.1
dmesg | grep usb look for v2.0... if you dont' see any v2.0 and all v1.1, you are SOL. If that is the case.. you'll need to get a new mobo with USB 2.0 support... Post what you know about your CPU... and mobo...and/or research the specs on it... Cheers, Gary |
printer low speed
Hi,
Thanks for the reply. I have USB 2.0. In the BIOS, there are only three options for USB : auto, activated, desactivated. No option for the speed. I keeped auto option. My CPU is an AMD Athlon XP 2600+ (1913 Mhz), with 512K cache, 332Mhz bus. What is important to know more about CPU ? |
Try this @ root.
cat /proc/bus/usb/devices The below output is a partial list of my USB peripherals. *suprise!* I have the same CPU .. Anywho look for the bit about your printer... and check the speed... to see if it says Spd=12... or if it says 1.5? Cheers, Gary T: Bus=03 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=01 Cnt=01 Dev#= 2 Spd=12 MxCh= 0 D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=043d ProdID=0078 Rev= 1.00 S: Manufacturer=Lexmark S: Product=Lexmark Z600 Series S: SerialNumber=18K018502092094 C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr= 4mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=07(print) Sub=01 Prot=02 Driver=usblp E: Ad=05(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms E: Ad=81(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 16 Ivl=0ms |
It's the same as you :
T: Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=01 Cnt=02 Dev#= 4 Spd=12 MxCh= 0 D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=04b8 ProdID=0005 Rev= 1.00 S: Manufacturer=EPSON S: Product=USB Printer S: SerialNumber=HU5W20502010523160 C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr= 2mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=07(print) Sub=01 Prot=02 Driver=usblp E: Ad=01(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms E: Ad=82(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms Any other idea ? Thanks again, Guy |
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