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From: envbvs@epb2.lbl.gov (Brian V. Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: lpd clipping files
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Date: 15 Aug 89 17:30:20 GMT
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< We at Cayman Systems are having an unusual problem: when printing large
< files (900K) to a LaserWriter connected by serial line to a Sun 386i
< running OS4, the file is truncated to about 600K (approx. 80 pages).
< We have heard that lpd will clip files to 1MB.
<

lpd will clip files to the limit specified for any printer in /etc/printcap.
e.g.  mx#1024  will limit files to 1 Megabyte.
The limit is optional, and if not specified then there is no limit.

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Brian V. Smith    (bvsmith@lbl.gov)
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
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