I am experiencing the same behaviour as wczimmerman described under Ubuntu 12.04. My printer is dot matrix printer (POS printer) Star SP742. If I am trying to print through /dev/parport0 printer is fast and works without any hassles. Otherwise through /dev/lp0 it's very slow and not smooth.
Tested also under openSUSE 12.2 (kernel 3.4.6; doesn't work too) and CentOS 6.3 (kernel 2.6.32 - -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/339752 Title: Slow/stuttering printing through parallel port To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/339752/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
