From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 10 17:53:48 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mta4.rcsntx.swbell.net (mta4.rcsntx.swbell.net [151.164.30.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86D2B37B400 for ; Wed, 10 Apr 2002 17:53:43 -0700 (PDT) Disposition-notification-to: dnpowers@swbell.net Received: from daveabit ([64.216.217.34]) by mta4.rcsntx.swbell.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 (built May 7 2001)) with SMTP id <0GUD00FF6P5IHR@mta4.rcsntx.swbell.net> for questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 10 Apr 2002 19:53:43 -0500 (CDT) Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 19:53:51 -0500 From: David Powers Subject: RE: LPR spool size limit In-reply-to: <3CB4B949.2010207@potentialtech.com> To: 'Bill Moran' , doug.fee@unisys.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <016b01c1e0f3$59e2b8f0$0401a8c0@daveabit> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) Content-type: text/plain; charset=Windows-1252 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Importance: Normal X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-priority: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG What kind of setup are you using, I happen to know that some of the newer HP jet direct interfaces have trouble with large print jobs. I've had this problem with any of the EIO based print servers they ship. -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Bill Moran Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 5:15 PM To: doug.fee@unisys.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: LPR spool size limit doug.fee@unisys.com wrote: > Hi All, > > Does anyone know of a way to print large (>500 pages) documents? For > example, when I spooled a 603 page document lpr choked. It truncated > the file. I tried setting the mx=0 option in the printcap file but to > no avail. Can LPR even print large documents? If not, does anyone have > any alternatives? How large is your spool file? The only time I've seen lpd choke on a file is when the file filled up the partition. How much space do you have available in /var/spool? -- Bill Moran Potential Technology http://www.potentialtech.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.344 / Virus Database: 191 - Release Date: 4/2/2002 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.344 / Virus Database: 191 - Release Date: 4/2/2002 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message