Xref: utzoo comp.unix.wizards:17697 comp.unix.questions:15719 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcvax!ukc!warwick!cudcv From: cudcv@warwick.ac.uk (Rob McMahon) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: lpd clipping files Message-ID: <180@titania.warwick.ac.uk> Date: 16 Aug 89 10:26:25 GMT References: <3813@cayman.COM> <3599@helios.ee.lbl.gov> Reply-To: cudcv@warwick.ac.uk (Rob McMahon) Organization: Computing Services, Warwick University, UK Lines: 15 In article <3599@helios.ee.lbl.gov> envbvs@epb2.lbl.gov (Brian V. Smith) writes: >< 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. On the systems round here the limits defaults to 1000k if not specified, you must explcitly use mx#0 to turn it off. Rob -- UUCP: ...!mcvax!ukc!warwick!cudcv PHONE: +44 203 523037 JANET: cudcv@uk.ac.warwick ARPA: cudcv@warwick.ac.uk Rob McMahon, Computing Services, Warwick University, Coventry CV4 7AL, England