I have the same slow printing problem with a Dell 3115cn on 14.04 LTS Desktop 64-bit. A 180-pages printjob with some coloured screenshots (Samsung TV manual) needs 2-3 hours on Ubuntu but only 15 minutes on Windows7 (WSD). The same problem occurs when I convert the PDF to PS with "pdftops" and copy it into the printers ramdisk via FTP. pdftops bloats the 6 MByte PDF to 100 MByte (PS Level 2) or 200 MByte (PS Level 3).
So the problem is definitely the broken Postscript conversion and not CUPS/drivers. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to system-config-printer in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1095498 Title: Printing PDFs with images is hideously slow on HP LaserJet 3030 MFP Status in “system-config-printer” package in Ubuntu: Expired Bug description: Printing anything with graphics from Firefix (such as a Google Maps page), or a PDF file containing graphics, takes a ridiculously long time to print, often several minutes per page. This is with a directly-attached USB postscript printer (an HP 3030 mfp). The exact same content prints in only 2 seconds when printed from Windows 7 running in a VM, to the same printer via an independent print server (avoiding CUPS in the Ubuntu host). NOTE: If the page in Firefox is first printed "to file" and PDF is selected, the very long delay happens when printing the resulting PDF using the "lpr" command. If, instead, "print to file" is done from Firefox and Postscript is selected, the resulting .ps file prints much faster (still 10x slower than printing from Windows 7, but much faster than printing the equivalent PDF). So there must be something bogus in how CUPS handles PDF files containging images. STEPS TO REPRODUCE: 1. Visit https://maps.google.com/ in Firefox on Ubuntu 2. Search for "San Francisco" and click the print icon (in the left bar near the top). 3. A printable map is displayed; hit ^P to print it to a postscript printer (1-2 minute delay before the page prints) Do exactly the same on a Windows 7 system and printing starts in about 2 seconds. Alternatively, try printing the attached PDF and PS files. The PDF is hideously slow (minutes), but the PS is only slow (about 10 seconds to print on my system). Compared to 2 seconds when printed from Windows. All the same content. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: cups 1.5.3-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-29.46-generic 3.2.24 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-29-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu15 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Jan 2 17:14:16 2013 InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012) Lpstat: device for hp-LaserJet-3030: hp:/usb/hp_LaserJet_3030?serial=00CNBM066305 device for hp-LaserJet-3030-Fax: hpfax:/usb/hp_LaserJet_3030?serial=00CNBM066305 device for PDF: cups-pdf:/ MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name MarkForUpload: True Papersize: letter PpdFiles: hp-LaserJet-3030: HP LaserJet 3020 3030 Postscript (recommended) PDF: Generic CUPS-PDF Printer hp-LaserJet-3030-Fax: HP Fax hpcups ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE= TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-29-generic root=UUID=8aaca318-f079-4a4f-95c0-735aa54bed2d ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: cups UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-08-10 (145 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 09/21/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 1408 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: P6T dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1408:bd09/21/2010:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP6T:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: System Product Name dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/system-config-printer/+bug/1095498/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
