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From: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: LAT printer won't do big files
Message-ID: <14899@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 5 Oct 90 05:10:43 GMT
References: <1990Oct5.021738.939@hayes.fai.alaska.edu>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <1990Oct5.021738.939@hayes.fai.alaska.edu> fnddr@acad3.fai.alaska.edu writes:
> I have set up a couple of PostScript printers (one QMS, one Apple) on a
> terminal server and I can access them from a couple of DS5000s/Ultrix 4.0
> just fine for small files.  However, when I have a large (>100K roughly) file
> trying to print, the serial data lights on the server flash for many seconds
> as the file starts spooling to the printer, then they stop.

Sounds like it might be either a printcap determined file size limit or
a flow control problem.

You might try specifying mx=big number instead of 0 to see if the man
page is lying.  Beyond that, interpret the fs# and xs# bits, and also
the flow control options on the LAT port.

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