[ale] Performance Problems

[Vikram Nanda]

I am actually using letter  -  sorry,  I was trying various options and
I pasted the command with the A4 option.
The actual command is

/usr/bin/lpr -P HPOffJet4200

The problem is not related to image files as I am having problem even
with small text files.

I am using cups....

when I use the print command this is the process I see

dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 8 --print-address 6 --session

When the printing starts after 45 sec I see the below processes - the
process exits/finishes

lp       25401  3638  0 19:42 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/perl
/usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip 42 <user_id> [ale] ALE picnic 1
scaling=100 cpi=12 lpi=7 wrap
lp       25403 25401  0 19:42 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/perl
/usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip 42 <user_id> [ale] ALE picnic 1
scaling=100 cpi=12 lpi=7 wrap
lp       25404 25403  0 19:42 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/perl
/usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip 42 <user_id> [ale] ALE picnic 1
scaling=100 cpi=12 lpi=7 wrap

About firefox - it is not taking 100% of CPU as I can easily switch
among other apps and work on them without any problems.

James - There are 135 files/dirs/links in my home directory - this could
be the cause.. i'll try your solution



James P. Kinney III wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-04-30 at 11:10 -0400, Vikram Nanda wrote:
>   
>> My system has been having 2 performance problems - 
>>
>> 1) Save as --> The application ( Firefox 1.5) just hangs for about
>> 30-40 sec as soon as the save as window appears.
>>     
>
> Check the file count in the directory being saved to. I have several k
> of files and it just takes forever. So I moved the default save-to
> location and it sped up nicely.
>
>   
>> 2) Printing - I have a HP Officejet 4215. Installation was smooth - I
>> didn't have to do anything - the system recognized the printer and
>> automatically installed all the driver. Print quality is great. BUT it
>> takes 1 minute between issuing the print command and the start of
>> printing. During this time the application hangs.
>> Here is the print command  "/usr/bin/lpr -P HPOffJet4200 -o
>> PageSize=A4"
>>     
>
> Are you really using A4 paper? The printer may be smart enough to
> recognize it's stuffed with letter and it's retranslating the page. 
>   
>> What could be the cause of these problems? Are they interrelated?
>>
>>
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