On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 09:23:37AM -0600, Russell Adams wrote:
> Historically, I've noticed that a queue can't hold more than 999
> jobs. Does this still hold true for more recent versions?
> 
> I've looked through lpd.conf and didn't see any parameters to allow
> longer queues...
> 
> Is there a way to expand the queue length?
> 
> Russell
> 

In the /etc/lpd/lpd.conf file, set the longnumber flag.

# Purpose: use long job number (0 - 999999) when a job is submitted
#   default longnumber@ (FLAG off)
longnumber

OR

longnumber=1

You can also do this on a per-queue basis in the /etc/printcap file:

lp:
  :longnumber
  :sd=/var/spool/lpd/%P
  :....

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