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From: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk>
To: Oleg Ogurok <oleg@ogurok.com>
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Subject: Re: lpr: copy file is too large
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Oleg Ogurok wrote:

> If I try to print big files, or big pages from netscape, I get "lpr: copy
> file is too large". I have no problems with small files and I have
> plenty of space for spooler (/var). Any suggestions?
> 
> Here's string from /etc/printcap:
> lp|Operations printer:\
>         :sh:\
> 	:rm=ops-print.pfmc.net:sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\
>         :if=/usr/local/libexec/hpif:

Check the manpage,

$ man printcap
PRINTCAP(5)		  FreeBSD File Formats Manual		   PRINTCAP(5)

NAME
     printcap - printer capability data base

[...]

CAPABILITIES
     Refer to termcap(5) for a description of the file layout.

     Name	Type	  Default		 Description

[...]

     mx 	num	  1000			 maximum file size (in BUFSIZ
						 blocks), zero = unlimited

I think that's what you need to change anyway. Try this:

lp|Operations printer:\
        :sh:mx#0:\
        :rm=ops-print.pfmc.net:sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\
        :if=/usr/local/libexec/hpif:

(note that's mx#0, not mx=0. This caught me at first :-)

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Ben Smithurst
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