Re: help--> lpr: :copy file is too large
Chris,
find your printer entry in the printcap file located in '/etc'. to the
entry add 'm#0' - this will put no limit on the file size to print. Don't
know why this isn't added to the initial file from the start - but I
guess there is a good reason for it in a network environment. :)
Keith
keithl@gil.net
On Tue, 9 Apr 1996, Chris wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm experiencing a problem with lpr in a networked environment. I have
> one Dell PC, with 32 megs ram, running debian 0.93R6. The kernel is
> 1.2.13, stock source, with the the apple-talk patches for that kernel
> version compiled in. Whenever anyone tries to print using netscape
> (version 1.1, 1.12, or 2.01) from the console, if the resulting file is
> over 1 megabyte, Netscape produces the error
>
> lpr: :copy file is too large
>
> If the page is printed to a file, which is then printed with lpr, the
> error is the same, except it includes the name of the file between the
> two colons.
>
> This happens with any files (not just those produced by Netscape) that
> are over one megabyte in size.
>
> The printcap does nothing but call a filter to pass the file to an
> apple-talk interpreter, which sends to a postscript filter.
>
> I can manually invoke the filter and send files of any size to the
> printer. So, the error is generated either in lpr or in lpd.
>
> Has anybody experienced this before? Is there a fix? I checked the both
> printing how-to's, but didn't see any mention of this error.
>
> Chris Stromsoe
> --
> cusgcbs@magni.oac.ucla.edu
>
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