[cups.general] Big jobs only print using cups in RAW mode and Universal driver in Windows

[Michael Sweet]

On Jan 26, 2010, at 9:08 AM, Salatiel Filho wrote:

> Sorry , forgot most of the useful information.
> I am running redhat 5.464bits , cups 1.3.8, ext3 partition.
> What you mean by filesize limits ? I suppose ext3 max file size should
> handle any job.

EXT3 has a 16GB limit with the default block size of 1kB. The per-user limits on file size ("ulimit -a") can also kick in, even for cupsd, and if you are printing via Samba it may also impose limits.

> anything else i can provide ?
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 13:57, Michael Sweet <msweet at apple.com> wrote:
>> What operating system are you using on the CUPS server?
>> 
>> What file system are you using on the CUPS server?
>> 
>> What are the file size limits set to?
>> 
>> On Jan 26, 2010, at 2:38 AM, Salatiel Filho wrote:
>> 
>>> I am trying to print a big file  [2GB] and i can not make it work if i
>>> set the correct PPD in cups and export the drivers for windows using
>>> cupsaddsmb.
>>> This happens only with my HP6015, if i send to the HP4200, it will
>>> print , but on 6015 windows will show "Sending data to spool" but the
>>> job will never get printed. But if i put the printer in cups as RAW
>>> and use HP Universal Color LaserJet driver , the job prints fine.
>>> What should i do to fix this ? I don't want to use cups in RAW mode.
>>> 
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>> 
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>>> Salatiel
>>> 
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> Salatiel
> 
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