Article ID: 97749
Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006
This article was previously published under Q97749
SUMMARY
You can set several parameters from the command line to speed up network printing on MS-DOS workstations when using PRINTSTA.EXE. Type PRINTSTA at the command line to see which parameters it is currently using, or PRINTSTA /? for a brief description of each parameter.
MORE INFORMATION
Some parameters that are most useful for enhancing printing speed are are:
/T:1 Timer Priority This sets the priority for PRINTSTA as to how
often it can use the system's processor. Setting
this to 1 gives PRINTSTA its highest priority.
/B:20 Number of network buffers for use with PRINTSTA.
20 is the maximum. Each buffer uses 128 bytes.
/I:50 Timer Loop This sets the number of processing cycles PRINTSTA
Iterations uses before relinquishing control. You can assign
whatever value you want to this, but setting it too
high can cause problems. If you change it and
problems develop, look to it first as a probable
cause.
/O:1024 Number of This should be matched to the value set for the /M
Characters to Print parameter.
in Each Pass
/M:1024 The amount of cache memory to be reserved for
each permitted spool file.
Giving your protocol stack more NCBs seems to help. You need at least 8 for the stack to function properly, 12 is better, and if a lot of people are trying to connect at the same time you may want even more.
Additional query words: 2.20
Keywords: KB97749
