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Date:      Fri, 7 Jun 1996 19:07:13 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      Michael Reifenberger <root@totum.plaut.de>
To:        Frank Seltzer <frankd@yoda.fdt.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD-Current <current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Huge files to be printed with lpr
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960607190543.14747B-100000@totum.plaut.de>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960607104945.193A-100000@Kryten.nina.com>

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On Fri, 7 Jun 1996, Frank Seltzer wrote:

> Date: Fri, 7 Jun 1996 10:50:37 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Frank Seltzer <frankd@yoda.fdt.net>
> To: Michael Reifenberger <root@totum.plaut.de>
> Cc: FreeBSD-Current <current@freebsd.org>
> Subject: Re: Huge files to be printed with lpr
> 
> On Fri, 7 Jun 1996, Michael Reifenberger wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > i have a faxprogram which prints out via lpr.
> > Unfortunatly the faxes gets truncated because they are
> > too large. I don't want to use 'lpr -s' because I suspect
> > the faxprogram to remove the printfile after 'lpr ... printfile'
> > returns.
> > Could lpr/lpd be changed to handle unlimitided (sort of) files?
> > Thanks.
> > 
> 
> If you add mx#0 to your printcap, it won't choke on large files.
Jo, thats what I was looking for.
Thanks.


Bye!
----
Michael Reifenberger




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