[Samba] Slow driver properties?
Gerald Carter
jerry at samba.org
Fri Jul 26 09:11:02 GMT 2002
On Fri, 26 Jul 2002, Larry Engleman wrote:
> I'm currently using Samba 2.2.5 on a Mandrake 8.0 box with cups 1.1.4.
>
> I have several printers shared that are accessed from winNT/2k/xp boxes.
>
> When I right click on the printer or select printer properties, or go to
> print from any of those other boxes, the response is slower than molasses.
> I have an identical machine running WinNT Workstation that was previously
> our print server. It is much much faster.
>
> Where should I start looking to diagnose the problem? I have tried
> several modes already. Security = share with full permissions for
> everyone, no authentication, guest only, seems to be the fastest, but
> it's still too slow to put into production.
security = share is probably one of the problems. :-).
Check the logging level as well and try not to connect as
a printer admin unless you have to. Certain drivers exhibit this behavior
more than others. PCL driver seem to suffer from it the most.
cheers, jerry
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