Print Spooling

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Under QNX 4 I have a print spooler set up ( lpsrvr ) that runs lpr to send a
job to a network printer. The problem seems to be that if the file is over a
certain size it does not finish printing. I’m guessing lpr is just dumping
the file to the printer faster than the printer can cope with it and so it’s
getting truncated but who knows.

Can someone tell me the “correct” way to set up a print spooler to a TCPIP
printer?

Thanks

Sheldon Parkes
sheldon@onlinedata.com

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Sheldon Parkes wrote:

Under QNX 4 I have a print spooler set up ( lpsrvr ) that runs lpr to send a
job to a network printer. The problem seems to be that if the file is over a
certain size it does not finish printing. I’m guessing lpr is just dumping
the file to the printer faster than the printer can cope with it and so it’s
getting truncated but who knows.

Can someone tell me the “correct” way to set up a print spooler to a TCPIP
printer?
Check that each printer in /etc/printcap has a param :mx#0:

“0” means no limit. See the on-line manual for the printcap file (part
of the tcprt manual) for more info.

Richard

Thanks

Sheldon Parkes
sheldon@onlinedata.com