Perhaps it's a postscript virus :)

  ftp://ftp.minolta-qms.com/pub/cts/out_going/dos/postv.txt

J

On Monday 08 October 2007 12:01:03 am Florin Iucha wrote:
> Hello,
>
> More than a year ago I purchased a used HP Laserjet 5MP with a low
> page count (15k).  I connected it to my Debian server, configured it
> in Cups and all was well.  It wasn't a speed daemon, but it printed
> a page every other minute if it wasn't too loaded.  I have upgraded
> the memory to the max (24MB) and that speed it up a bit.
>
> Lately, the printer slowed down drastically, the new rhythm is one
> page every 15-20 minutes!  These are PDFs, with some small graphics,
> nothing out of the ordinary.
>
> I moved the printer from my Debian server to my Ubuntu workstation.  I
> then moved it to a Windows laptop.  It is all the same.
>
> When I spool something, it starts blinking the data port and it just
> sits there.  Maybe when the moons align just so, it spits out a page.
>
> Has anybody seen this problem?  Does anybody know how to fix it?
> Should I just take it to the curb and let the trash truck run it over?
>
> Thanks,
> florin