Matthew Reilly writes:
> OK I've got around my problems with my Stylus 740 not liking my Q700's
> serial ports by getting an ethernet printserver that supports lpr.
[...]
> Here's my printcap now:
> 
> lp|stylus740|Epson Stylus 740:\
>         :lp=/dev/null:sd=/var/spool/lp:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\
>         :if=/usr/local/libexec/lpr/stc-if:
> 
> lp-remote|192.168.0.4-pr| Network printer on Print server 192.168.0.4:\
>                  :lp=:\
>                  :sd=/var/spool/lp-remote:\
>                  :lf=/var/spool/lpd/192.168.0.4-pr/log:\
>                  :rm=192.168.0.4:\
>                  :rp=lpt1:
[...]
> It prints fine as long as the resulting file isn't too big, if it is lpr
> craps out with the following:
> 
> lpr:  : copy file is too large
> Broken pipe
> 
> So what's a guy to do?

Try adding the option ':mx#0:' to each printcap entry.  The :mx:
variable defines the maximum size file that can be printed, defaulting
to about 1000 blocks by default.  Setting it to 0 makes the max size
unlimited.  See the printcap man page for details.

John

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John Valdes                        Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics
j-valdes@uchicago.edu                               University of Chicago