seg2@sunburn.Viewlogic.COM (Seg Consultant) (02/23/91)
I have a large (> 1 Meg.) postscript file that I would like to print on an Apple Laserwriter IINT. It comes back with the message -- "lpr: <filename>: copy file is too large" -- and prints out only part (1 Meg?) of the file. In terms of pages it prints out 52 of 58. Is there an easy (or otherwise) way of printing the remaining pages? Or a way to break-up the file into smaller-sized files? Thanks, _shankar_
henry@angel.Eng.Sun.COM (Henry McGilton) (02/23/91)
In article <1991Feb22.160550@sunburn.Viewlogic.COM>, seg2@sunburn.Viewlogic.COM (Seg Consultant) writes:
* I have a large (> 1 Meg.) postscript file that I would like to
* print on an Apple Laserwriter IINT. It comes back with the
* message -- "lpr: <filename>: copy file is too large" -- and
* prints out only part (1 Meg?) of the file. In terms of pages it
* prints out 52 of 58. Is there an easy (or otherwise) way of
* printing the remaining pages? Or a way to break-up the file into
* smaller-sized files?
lpr has a preset limit of around 1 Megabyte on the size of a file that
it will spool. You can make this unlimited by setting the mx#0 field
in your /etc/printcap file.
........ Henrystanley@phoenix.com (John Stanley) (02/23/91)
henry@angel.Eng.Sun.COM (Henry McGilton) writes: > In article <1991Feb22.160550@sunburn.Viewlogic.COM>, seg2@sunburn.Viewlogic.C > * I have a large (> 1 Meg.) postscript file that I would like to > * print on an Apple Laserwriter IINT. It comes back with the > * message -- "lpr: <filename>: copy file is too large" -- and > > lpr has a preset limit of around 1 Megabyte on the size of a file that > it will spool. You can make this unlimited by setting the mx#0 field > in your /etc/printcap file. I believe this limit always applies to a file sent to a remote system for printing, even when the mx#0 entry is in the printcap. If you are in this situation, you will need to copy the file manually to the lpr host and print it from there. There may also be an option on your lpr to force it to not copy the file. Do a 'man lpr' and look for a reference to copying.
toms@fcs260c2.ncifcrf.gov (Tom Schneider) (02/25/91)
In article <1991Feb22.160550@sunburn.Viewlogic.COM> seg2@sunburn.Viewlogic.COM (Seg Consultant) writes: >I have a large (> 1 Meg.) postscript file that I would like to print on >an Apple Laserwriter IINT. It comes back with the message -- "lpr: <filename>: >copy file is too large" -- and prints out only part (1 Meg?) of the file. >In terms of pages it prints out 52 of 58. Is there an easy (or otherwise) >way of printing the remaining pages? Or a way to break-up the file into >smaller-sized files? The -s option of lpr creates a symbolic link to the file. This may solve your problem. It may also be faster because lpr wouldn't need to copy the file. Here's a bit of our (unix) man page for lpr: -s Create a symbolic link from the spool area to the data files rather than trying to copy them (so large files can be printed). This means the data files should not be modified or removed until they have been printed. This option can be used to avoid truncating files larger than the maximum given in the mx capability of the printcap(5) entry. -s only prevents copies of local files from being made. Jobs from remote hosts are copied any- way. -s only works with named data files; if the lpr command is at the end of a pipeline, the data is copied to the spool. >Thanks, >_shankar_ Tom Schneider National Cancer Institute Laboratory of Mathematical Biology Frederick, Maryland 21702-1201 toms@ncifcrf.gov
sutton@lamar.ColoState.EDU (Richard Sutton) (02/28/91)
do a man lpr & look at the -s option. works on a SparcStation I running SunOS 4.0.3c at any rate.