[cups.general] Challenge with filter limit

[Michael Sweet]

I seem to remember some filter limit issues back in the 1.1.x days; at  
the very least I'd update to a production 1.1.x release (i.e. 1.1.23,  
available from Red Hat)...

On Nov 13, 2009, at 5:11 AM, Minatra, Pat H. wrote:

> We are on CUPS v.1.1.22rc1 on RedHat Linux with the following  
> challenge:
>
> We have our filter limit set in /etc/cups/cups.conf to 500 and this  
> works for 'most' of the time.  From time to time we have a complete  
> slow down of the system and the users call in saying they are unable  
> to print and I get the error of "Holding job because filter limit  
> has been reached".  I can't set it to zero and I have played with  
> the setting trying to maximize the through put without minimizing  
> output but I can't seem to get there.
>
> Does anyone have any words of wisdom regarding this?  We use to let  
> it be at zero and this caused a complete slowdown on our  
> applications used on this server.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions and clarifications.
>
> Have a GREAT day!
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