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From: Sergio de Almeida Lenzi <lenzi@bsi.com.br>
To: Howard Lew <hlew@genome.Stanford.EDU>
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Subject: Re: printing large postscript files
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On Mon, 12 Feb 1996, Howard Lew wrote:

> 
> Does anyone know what to do to print out large postscript files and avoid 
> that error that says "copy file too large"?
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help.

Hello Howard,

Try setting mx#0 in the /etc/printcap file for the printer you are using.
but, beware to put it in the firsts "tokens" of the printcap data..

Sergio de Almeida Lenzi.