On Wed, Oct 10, 2001 at 11:12:28PM -0500, Steve Snyder wrote: > Very large print jobs choke when sent from Win98 to a networked printer. > I haven't narrowed down to too-large size, but a ~100MB file seems OK, > while a ~160MB file will fail to print. The jobs are always in PostScript > format, so I can't say if the problem occurres with non-PS files. > > There are many steps in printing a file, so many potential culprits for > this failure: > > 1. File is sent from Win98 to Samba > 2. Samba spooler sends file to lpd spooler > 3. File is run through RedHat printfilter/printconf scripts > 4. File is sent to HP Color LaserJet 4500 printer (via Ethernet) > 5. File is spooled within printer (192MB installed) for printing > > Notes: > > 1. All software noted above is Seawolf + RH-released updates. > 2. There is more than enough disk space for holding 2 copies of the file > (1 copy in Samba spool directory and another in lpd spool dir). > 3. A failed print job appears as a zero-lenth file in the lpd spooler > and the printer indicates (via LCD display) that it wants to be reset. > > Can anyone help me to determine where my problem is? Thanks. > Usually it means you have exceeded the buffer size of the printer. In the past this has been taken care of by the -s option of lpr. But looking at the man page of lpr makes me unsure of this working any more. The point of the -s option was create a sybolic link to the file to be printed and not send it all at one time to the printer. Now I am not sure what to do. You could try the -s and see if it helps. -- ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University 715 Stadium Dr. San Antonio, TX 78212-7200
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