Re: lpr problems

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Date:         Tue, 29 Jun 2004 06:40:12 -0400
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU

John,

How big are is the physical partition (PP) in rootvg?

The difference between size of the file and free space is less than 16 MB. Although you have enough space, you may not have enough
free partitions.

Bill Thompson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Dunn" <jdunn@sefas.com>
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.aix-l
To: <aix-l@Princeton.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 4:09 AM
Subject: Re: lpr problems

> I have 344,928,000 free in /var and the file is 329,039,872
>
> > John Dunn
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> > Sefas Innovation Limited
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@Princeton.EDU]On Behalf Of
> Hunter, Mark
> Sent: 28 June 2004 17:16
> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Subject: Re: lpr problems
>
>
> I note that you are using lpr -s (don't copy before printing).
> Per the man pages:
> -s Prints from the files specified on the command line rather than trying to
> copy them (so large files can be printed). This means the data files should
> not
> be modified or removed until they have been printed. Note that this flag
> only
> works on the local host (files sent to remote printer hosts are copied
> anyway),
> and only with named data files.
>
> Thus, your file is being copied anyway. Do you have sufficient space on the
> local box to do the copy?
>
> Mark Hunter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@Princeton.EDU]On Behalf Of
> John Dunn
> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 11:01 AM
> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Subject: Re: lpr problems
>
>
> I already set the timeout to 60 minutes when I created the AIX queue.
> It doesn't seem to help, unfortunately
>
> > John Dunn
> > Product Consultant
> > Sefas Innovation Limited
> > Tel: +44(0) 117 915 4267
> > Email jdunn@sefas.com
> > www.sefas.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chafik,Basim [mailto:Basim.Chafik@plx.com]
> Sent: 28 June 2004 16:19
> To: 'jdunn@SEFAS.COM'
> Subject: RE: lpr problems
>
>
> Hi John,
>
> You have to increase the time out on the queue. Add "-T500" to the end of
> the rembak line for the specified queue in the /etc/qconfig. You will have
> to stop and restart qdaemon to take effect.
>
> Basim Chafik
> Senior Systems Analyst
> IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert (CATE)
> 1.800.688.4895
> basim.chafik@plx.com
> plexus (Division of BancTec)
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Dunn [mailto:jdunn@SEFAS.COM]
> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 10:44 AM
> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Subject: lpr problems
>
>
> I am attempting to use lpr on a file of approx 300 MB
>
> My syntax is lpr -s -Pmyqueue myfile
>
> I have set up a AIX remote queue pointing to a queue on NT.
>
> The problem is that when I run the command the queue shows SENDING for a
> while and then goes down.
>
> This also occurs if the remote queue is an AIX queue on another box.
>
> Sending small files is not a problem
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
>
> John Dunn
> Product Consultant
> Sefas Innovation Limited
> Tel: +44(0) 117 915 4267
> Email jdunn@sefas.com
> www.sefas.com

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