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Date:      Mon, 8 May 2000 08:19:20 +1200
From:      Jonathan Chen <Jonathan.Chen@itouch.co.nz>
To:        Jan Rocho <jan@flag.blackened.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: large files & lpr
Message-ID:  <20000508081920.A9368@jonc.itouch.co.nz>
In-Reply-To: <20000505203321.C13625@flag.blackened.net>; from jan@flag.blackened.net on Fri, May 05, 2000 at 08:33:21PM -0700
References:  <20000505203321.C13625@flag.blackened.net>

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On Fri, May 05, 2000 at 08:33:21PM -0700, Jan Rocho wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I've got a small problem with lpr. Today I tried to print a 2mb file and
> when I type lpr file.ps I get:
> 
> lpr: file.ps: copy file is too large
> 
> I have about 1,6gb free on my harddrive, 160mb in /var
> 
> I have a HP Deskjet 690C which is configured to use magicfilter and dj550c-filter... that works fine with small files but it seems as if there's a problem
> with larger files... can I change the filesize limit somewhere?

You could try having a :mx#0: entry in your printer's printcap entry.
Check out printcap(5) for more details.
-- 
Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz>


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