Problem is still here in Ubuntu 12.10 with cups-filters 1.0.24 In my case the printer is a postscript printer (hp3030). So I have to ask the question, WHY is the print system even calling ghostscript to interpret a postscript file when the printer is fully able to handle it for itself?
Simple test: Visit http://google.com/maps and print any street map. On my system that takes 5-10 seconds under Windows 7 and several minutes under Ubuntu. IMO this is a major Ubuntu workflow problem which really makes it difficult to get work done. I have to use a Windows VM to print documents with graphics, or even just a google map. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to cups in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/668800 Title: Printing speed problem Status in GS-GPL - GPL Ghostscript: Fix Released Status in “cups” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “cups-filters” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “ghostscript” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “cups” source package in Precise: Invalid Status in “cups-filters” source package in Precise: Invalid Status in “ghostscript” source package in Precise: Invalid Bug description: Printing takes too long, or occasionally fails. During the print job, process gs takes 100% cpu and printer pauses for a long time. This happens on Ubuntu 10.04 32bit on a 500Mhz Pentium 3 with 312MB of ram, on Ubuntu 10.10 64bit on a 2.4Ghz Q6600 quad core with 4GB of ram, and on Ubuntu 10.10 32bit in a virtual machine with 1024MB of ram. Both printers I have are affected. Officejet Pro 8000, Canon iP4500. Printing is faster in 8.04 LTS. The attached PDF seams to cause particular problems and takes about 10 minutes to print. The gs process is using 100% cpu all this time. I'v noticed that the drop shadows in the attached document aren't always printed. But this document isn't the only one affected. Photos and web pages also pause during printing in draft and photo print modes. I read the instructions here https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingPrintingProblems to disable apparmor using 'sudo aa-complain cupsd' but this made no difference. I've just tested an old Apple 8500 which is a postscript printer. Printing takes a very long time to start, and process pdftops uses 100% cpu during all this time if this is of any relevence. Printer test page works fine. I've noticed this mainly affects documents with objects that are blurred and transparent. Eg. create an object in inkscape and set opacity to 80 and blur to 40; and the printer becomes lethargic. A shape with opacity set to 100 and blur set to 0 prints in the blink of an eye. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gs-gpl/+bug/668800/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
