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Date:      Tue, 25 May 1999 19:20:39 -0500
From:      David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>
To:        Fabrizio Invernizzi <Fabrizio.Invernizzi@CSELT.IT>
Cc:        FreeBSD QUESTIONS <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Printing Postscript file 
Message-ID:  <199905260020.TAA06629@nospam.hiwaay.net>
In-Reply-To: Message from Fabrizio Invernizzi <Fabrizio.Invernizzi@CSELT.IT>  of "Tue, 25 May 1999 16:31:13 %2B0200." <Pine.GSO.3.96.990525162051.5274A-100000@satchmo> 

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Fabrizio Invernizzi writes:
> Hi
> 
> I am tring to configure my printer to print postscript files, but I have
> some problems and some questions.
[...]
> This configuration works, but when I try to print with the line command 
> /usr/local/bin/gs -sDEVICE=laserjet -sOutputFile=\|lpr quickguide.pdf
> after some messsages from gs, I obtain 
> 
> lpr:  : copy file is too large
> Broken pipe
> 
> 
> The result is that only some pages of the document (that is only 500k) are
> printed.

You got as much as 500k printed? Maybe they upped the default limits. 
Anyhow, edit your /etc/printcap again and add ":mx#0:" somewhere in 
your printer definition. This will remove the print size quota. Just 
make sure you have enough room in the spool file's filesystem for 
anything you print.

--
David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net
=====================================================================
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