Xref: utzoo comp.text.tex:2120 comp.lang.postscript:5526 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!aplcen!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!ucsd!pacbell.com!ames!dftsrv!sage1!chris From: chris@sage1.gsfc.nasa.gov (Chris P. Ross) Newsgroups: comp.text.tex,comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: Can't print large PS file derived from a dvi file.. Message-ID: Date: 19 Jul 90 19:01:42 GMT References: <2518@nosc.NOSC.MIL> <51457@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> Sender: news@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov Distribution: na Lines: 20 In <51457@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> hess@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Caleb Hess) writes: >You didn't mention what your host system is. If you are using a Unix system, >there may be a maximum job size limit for the printer. Look in /etc/printcap >for a field like :mx#1000:. The number is the maximum number of blocks >that will be printed in a single job. Changing this field to :mx#0: >allows unlimited job size (not necessarily a good idea, as the spooler will >require disk space for a copy of the file). Unless, of course, you do an "lpr -s"... This will create a symbolic link in the printer's spool directory to the file to be printed. Always a good idea with big files... - Chris -- -=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=- Chris P. Ross (301)/286-7242 | InterNet: chris@sage0.gsfc.nasa.gov EGRET Programmer, NASA / GSFC | chris@olgao.umd.edu -=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-=*=-