lpd clipping files

Rob McMahon cudcv at warwick.ac.uk
Wed Aug 16 20:26:25 AEST 1989


In article <3599 at helios.ee.lbl.gov> envbvs at epb2.lbl.gov (Brian V. Smith) writes:
>< We have heard that lpd will clip files to 1MB.
>
>lpd will clip files to the limit specified for any printer in /etc/printcap.
>e.g.  mx#1024  will limit files to 1 Megabyte.
>The limit is optional, and if not specified then there is no limit.

On the systems round here the limits defaults to 1000k if not specified, you
must explcitly use mx#0 to turn it off.

Rob
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