Printing PDF-files via network extremely slow

Just for people to who it would also happen: I had the same problem, and in my case the solution was also to change the driver: more precisely change my footmatic/pxl color driver to the footmatic/postscript equivalent.

My printer was a Sharp MX-2300N, and the "Generic PCL5e printer" only enabled to print in grey scale, so I really had to stay on the manufacturer drivers.

Well, actually I have no idea why it worked, I just did it because an other printer on the network had also a postscript driver and was working perfectly well...

What's actually the difference between postscript and pxl drivers?

Here are a few suggestions to try:

• use xpdf: i.e. xpdf <document name> should automatically direct to your default printer
• if its a laser printer try adding a printer with using "Generic" as the manufacturer, and "Generic PCL5e printer" as the model i.e. most lasers support PCL.
• When printing - print to a file - give it a name and print to a .ps file. Then open up the .ps file. It should reopen in evince. This time print it again to your printer.

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