Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 20:36:30 GMT From: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@inwind.it> To: Rachmat Hidajat <rachmat@canada.com> Cc: Freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't pipe Ghostscript to Printer Message-ID: <20010208.20363000@bartequi.ottodomain.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0102081623440.5701-100000@tambora.parokinet.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0102081623440.5701-100000@tambora.parokinet.org>
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On 2/8/01, 8:40:56 AM, Rachmat Hidajat <rachmat@canada.com> wrote=20
regarding Can't pipe Ghostscript to Printer:
> Hi all,
> I had been using HP LaserJet 5L for quite a while and it was running=20
okay
> until this afternoon, when I tried to queue an 8 pages pdf file and I =
got
> an
> error saying file /tmp/XXXXX is too large, and after that I can't pipe=
=20
to
> the printer. The lpd-errs file just said:
> AFPL Ghostscript 6.50: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
> Feb 8 14:52:18 tambora lpd[164]: lpd startup: logging=3D0
> AFPL Ghostscript 6.50: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
> Feb 8 15:00:28 tambora lpd[309]: hp: job could not be printed=20
(cfA038tambora.parokinet.org)
> AFPL Ghostscript 6.50: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
> Feb 8 16:02:45 tambora lpd[5604]: hp: job could not be printed=20
(cfA039tambora.parokinet.org)
> AFPL Ghostscript 6.50: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
> Feb 8 16:04:00 tambora lpd[5608]: hp: job could not be printed=20
(cfA040tambora.parokinet.org)
> AFPL Ghostscript 6.50: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
> Feb 8 16:16:52 tambora lpd[5668]: hp: job could not be printed=20
(cfA041tambora.parokinet.org)
> AFPL Ghostscript 6.50: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
> Feb 8 16:20:35 tambora lpd[5694]: hp: job could not be printed=20
(cfA042tambora.parokinet.org)
> The /etc/printcap file is:
> hp|line|laserjet|lp|Hewlett Packard LaserJet 5L:\
> :sh:sd=3D/var/spool/lpd/hp:\
> :lp=3D/dev/lpt0:\
> :if=3D/usr/local/libexec/psfilter:\
> :lf=3D/var/log/lpd-errs:
Dear Rachmat Hidajat,
<wild guess>
I can see no "mx" line in your /etc/printcap file. You may wish to=20
have a look at printcap(5), and try to set "mx" to eg 0 (zero).
From printcap(5):
mx num 1000 maximum file size (in=20
BUFSIZ
blocks), zero =3D=20
unlimited
</wild guess>
Best regards,
Salvo
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