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Quote:> I was trying to print a postscript file about 4 mb (actually it is only 70
> pages, but with lots of pictures and formatted so that 2 pages fit on 1
> piece of paper).

> After printing about 18 pages lpr said that "file is too large".

> Is there any way to break the postscript file into smaller pieces or
> to make lpr print it?I do not have a .dvi for this file. I am not using
> magic filters, if this has somehting to do with it.

You could try two things, check the man page for lpr and take a look at
the "-s" parameter, or, type "gs -?" and take a look at the -sOutputFile
parameter.

One or both of them may be of help.

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There's an option in the /etc/printcap file that limits the size
of print jobs. If you don't set it then it defaults to 1MB, and
the printer will *after this. 18/70 * 4MB ~ 1MB, so I suspect
it's probably that. The option is mx and it's numeric, so in
the printcap file it should appear as

:mx#XXXX:

where XXXX is the maximum job size (kb). If you set it to zero
it allows jobs of anysize to be printed.

For more info see printcap(5) and the BSD 4.3 Line spooler manual
(which you can get from the Linux Documentation Project).

Hope that helps.

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This is probably fairly late, but here's a simple solution.

When you generate the .PS file or the raw file for your
particular printer (e.g., you're using an InkJet, like I do),
and the file is fairly large, rather than trying to break the
file up with ghostscript, you can instead get the printer to do
all the hard work.

lpr works by copying the document to the spool directory.  
However, there are limits to the size of the spool directory,
hence for big files, it will print some of it and generate the
'too big' sort of error that you've been talking about.

Instead, generate the file (rather than trying to print
directly from ghostscript) and tell lpr to use a symbolic link
when you invoke it...

lpr -s insert_your_filename_here.ps

That way, lpr refers instead to the file in its current
location rather than trying to copy it.  Of course, don't
delete or modify this file while lpr is still printing or very
strange things will happen...

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