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From: tom@wcc.oz.au (Tom Evans)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: Hacking Chooser limits
Keywords: printer chooser
Message-ID: <1674@wcc.oz.au>
Date: 3 Apr 91 08:31:29 GMT
References: <1991Mar28.190651@sweetpea.jsc.nasa.gov>
Organization: Webster Computer Corp, Melbourne, Australia
Lines: 15

In article <1991Mar28.190651@sweetpea.jsc.nasa.gov>, zook@sweetpea.jsc.nasa.gov (Craig A. Zook  x4206) writes:
> We have just gone from 14 to 19 printers in our appletalk zone.  We noticed
> that chooser will only display 14 printers at a time.  

I seem to remember that it is a CHARACTER limit, as the Chooser only
allocates a limited number of bytes (256 or 512 or something) for all
the responses.

Thus if you are able to shorten your printer names you might be able
to fit them all in. Start on the longer ones first.

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