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In article <1992Sep7.172147.3656@ens.fr> beig@dmi.ens.fr writes:
<|> > Hello, netters
<|> >
<|> >        I have a problem in printing out a large postscript file(about
<|> > 4 Meg).The error message is " lpr: input file is too large". Does anyone
<|> > know how to solve my problem ? Is there any program that can split a 
<|> > large postscript file in several small pieces?
<|> 
<|> This is often a problem with the spooler software. No space in
<|> spooler directory. If so try `lpr -s' on a standard unix system. -s tells
<|> spooler not to copy file to spooler dir., but to spool it directly from
<|> original location.
<
<Check with your local administrative staff that the mx# parameter
<in /etc/printcap files is correct. No mx# means mx#1, i.e.
<files are limited to 1 MByte. Use mx#0 to set unlimited limit.
<
<Of course, with no limits, you can after overflow the disk space
<for the spool. And using 'lpr -s' is a good idea against this
<trouble.

This last one won't work over a network.  The printed file is copied to the
computer actually doing the printing.  You can still run out of space.
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