uber slow printing

[lexor]

I have canon bjc2000 printer configured under SUSE 9.2 and it works fine, no probs, except that the printing is as I said UBER slow. And it doesn't seem to be related to quality (draft/hq etc) or dpi (180/360). I got gimp-print dirver configured (which from what my research says is recommeded driver for my printer).

As for a sense of how slow it is, a page that would take 23sec to print under winxp on standard quality, takes over 5min under SUSE (same qualty or even lower, doesn't matter)

Help is really appreciated!

/EDIT: if you guys need any specific info, just tell me where to look it up and I'll provide it asap.

Edited April 4, 2005 by lexor

[lexor]

Hmm... Guys, did no one had this problem, ever?

[markwolfe Veteran]

I haven't. If this is USB, it may be because the driver just isn't well-written enough (companies seldom release a lot of information about their interface)

And, it seems Cannon is notoriously bad for Linux support.

From linuxprinting.org http://www.linuxprinting.org/suggested.html

There are few good free software drivers for Canon and Lexmark inkjets. Do not buy one and expect success.