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foomatic-filters package

  1. Bug #463059
  2. Comment #3

Comment 3 for bug 463059

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Tybion (db-collins) wrote : Re: Process 'gs' begins taking 100% CPU and loading up vast amounts of RAM on CUPS restart

I have found out that the gs process was flat-lining the CPU because there were a number of PDF jobs in the print queue.
These PDFs are converted Powerpoint slides and seem to be printed very inefficiently.
One PDF has 6 pages - each page displays 6 ppt slides - ie. the PDF has been created from a PPT that has 31-36 slides.
It took 12 minutes to print these 6 pages.
The CPU is 1.6 Ghz single-core Pentium4.
This is similar situation to Thorsten above - he is also printing .PDF files.