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Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 18:43:35 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: bill clarke <wlclarke@cats.ucsc.edu>
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Subject: Re: ghostcript on HP LaserJet6P
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On Thu, 24 Oct 1996, bill clarke wrote:

> i am a proud owner of a new HP LaserJet6P. when i attempt to print
> out a 10 page PS document (called chaos.ps) using
> 
> gs -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=laserjet -sOutputFile=\|lpr chaos.ps
> 
> i get three pages of correct output and an error message:
> 
> lpr: copy file is too large
> 
> broken pipe
> 
> question. how can i make lpr spool large files?

Add the 'mx#0' capability to the printcap definition for the printer.

What's different in the 6p over the 5P?  (we have a 5p we bought only a
month ago!)

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major