Printing is very slow

[robbrown99]

Hi

I have been a user for a few years now. I noticed that on my last distro that I had some very idiosyncratic print speed issues.

Example:
- Print 4x6 in GIMP plugin. Prints fine at normal speed.
- Print borderless 4x6 in system module. Prints very slow, with head transitioning once every 5 seconds
- Print borderless 5x7 in system module. Prints fine at normal speed

I just installed Fedora 40. Same issue, except this time:
- can't print via system dialog
- 4x6 in GIMP plugin prints very slow, , with head transitioning once every 5 seconds

If I try the system dialog using the standard driver (not TurboPrint), then it prints a 4x6 as normal.

Setup now:
- Fedora 40, USB2 direct connection

Setup previous:
- Linux Mint 21, direct USB2 connection

[zedonet]

Hello, what is your printer model and which CPU does your PC have?

[robbrown99]

Details below

Note per my feedback above... it is idiosyncratic depending on how I kick off the print request, and paper size.

Epson 3880

Turboprint v 2.56-1

# System Details Report
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## Report details
- **Date generated:** 2024-09-11 22:18:05

## Hardware Information:
- **Hardware Model:** Apple Inc. MacPro5,1
- **Memory:** 64.0 GiB
- **Processor:** Intel® Xeon® E5520 × 16
- **Graphics:** NV134
- **Disk Capacity:** 1.0 TB

## Software Information:
- **Firmware Version:** MP51.88Z.007F.B03.1010071432
- **OS Name:** Fedora Linux 40 (Workstation Edition)
- **OS Build:** (null)
- **OS Type:** 64-bit
- **GNOME Version:** 46
- **Windowing System:** Wayland
- **Kernel Version:** Linux 6.10.7-200.fc40.x86_64

[robbrown99]

I just tried printing a 5x7 at 720 dpi

It took around 5 minutes! Usually this takes about 30-60 seconds

Video here https://youtu.be/EQPPSQG_uGc

[zedonet]

Hello, the only explanation that I have is that data transfer via USB doesn't run reliably. There are several things that you could try:

1) try a different USB cable and make sure to connect your printer directly, not via USB HUB

2) select the other USB backend in TurboPrint Control

TurboPrint Control select other USB backend.png (49.41 KiB) Viewed 112 times

3) connect your printer via network cable instead of USB

[robbrown99]

OK thank you

I will try ethernet insterad. I made a crossover cable to allow me to directly connect to my computer (don't have enough ports in my office to put the printer on the network).

I will report back once I've figured out how to set this up.

[robbrown99]

OK, I tried instead connecting the printer to my network via a standard patch cable.

I set it up with cups (via system utlities), then copied the cups URI to set up the print in turboprint

Works, and printing speed is now fast!

I created a separate thread on how I could set up the printer instead with a crossover cable.

Thanks for your help. This thread is solved