Date: Sun, 31 Aug 1997 15:59:18 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: Greg DeLuca <gdeluca@cwu.EDU>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: printing from netscape Message-ID: <19970831155918.27701@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970830225953.664a-100000@localhost>; from Doug White on Sat, Aug 30, 1997 at 11:00:53PM -0700 References: <3.0.1.32.19970827085045.00917e00@crater.cwu.edu> <Pine.BSF.3.96.970830225953.664a-100000@localhost>
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On Sat, Aug 30, 1997 at 11:00:53PM -0700, Doug White wrote: > On Wed, 27 Aug 1997, Greg DeLuca wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Can someone please help me solve this printing problem? >> >> When attempting to print a gif image (file size 22K) from netscape >> communicator 4.02 I get an error stating: >> /usr/bin/lpr :copy file is too large > > Place :mx#0: in the printer's printcap entry. See printcap(5). > >> Netscape navigator 3.x also produced this error. I can print small gif >> files from netscape, and print postscript file > 57K in size from the >> command prompt with out the error. I have mx#0 in my printcap file but it >> does not solve the problem. > > Are you sure you specified it right and placed it in the correct printer? > That should fix it. Remember that converts the gif to PostScript, which makes the files much bigger. You're probably exceeding the maximum size as a result. Greg
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