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Article #6748

Problem with printing large PostScript files

#6748
From: Bruce G Barnett
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1987 15:30
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We have someone whom is trying to print a large file on a LaserWriter.
It prints fine on one LaserWriter, and fails on others.

In another example, I tried to print a screendump, and it failed 
with the message:

%%[ Error: limitcheck; OffendingCommand: framedevice ]%%
%%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%

I power cycled the LaserWriter off and on, and the problem went away.

We support various applications here, from NeWS, Framemaker,
Interleaf, Scribe, Publisher and MicroSoft Word with Sun PC-NFS.
We also have Sun And Adobe's Transcript software.

My question is - can a user sent something to the printer
that can cause it to be in a different state for the next job?

That is, if our PC user downloads a file, especially some preamble
needed for MicroSoft Word on a PC, will this cause some
memory to be unavailable for the next job?

Basically, how do you

	1. Download something large into memory, and keep it there for
	   several jobs, some of which aren't yours.
	2. Prevent the above from happening
	3. Clear out the LaserWriter's memory without a power cycle.
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From: barnett@vdsvax.steinmetz.ge.com (Bruce G Barnett)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Problem with printing large PostScript files
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Date: 11 Dec 87 15:30:34 GMT
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Organization: General Electric CRD, Schenectady, NY
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Keywords: PoscScript LaserWriter