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worked environments)
- E-Connect is improperly configured for high data transfer rate; redundant
protocols turned on (900 kbyte optimum data rate normally required)
- Network has high traffic (limit workstations on server)
- Computer parallel port mode not set to ECP with DMA (for non-net-
worked printing). For NT systems suggest using a unique PCI card to
ensure a 1 MB per second data transfer rate.
Figure 4-108. Printer Hesitation Causes.
Compute Bound
When the printer becomes ‘compute bound’, the print head will hesitate
between print passes. This occurs when the printers processor cannot
keep up with the print swath requirement; could occur normally in the one
or two pass print modes. In the one or two pass print modes all the ink is
fired in one pass or two passes to complete a print swath. Since a large
amount of data has to be computed to complete that swath, the print head
may have to wait between swaths and depending on the amount of
memory in the printer (i.e. for a plot file stored in memory) the printer may
have to wait for all instructions to be processed before printing each pass.