Quote Originally Posted by ctuinstra View Post
Probably not so much helping with slow printing. But it will cut down on useless traffic. It's used to communicate "status" of the device which all too often is incorrect. It just gets in the way. I prefer it off also. I also rarely use RAW (port 9100) and stick with LPR. Others may not agree. RAW allows the application to communicate with the MFP and that can slow down the application and the printing; whereas LPR just spools up the print job and sends it all over to the machine and lets it do it's thing.
This is 100% correct.
Should be part of a standard installation procedure.
Also add lp to the LPR Queue Name. This also helps in many installs.