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

Salatiel Filho salatiel.filho at gmail.com
Tue Jan 26 10:31:30 PST 2010


On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 14:27, Michael Sweet <msweet at apple.com> wrote:
>
> 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.


# ulimit  -a
core file size          (blocks, -c) 0
data seg size           (kbytes, -d) unlimited
scheduling priority             (-e) 0
file size               (blocks, -f) unlimited
pending signals                 (-i) 16384
max locked memory       (kbytes, -l) 32
max memory size         (kbytes, -m) unlimited
open files                      (-n) 1024
pipe size            (512 bytes, -p) 8
POSIX message queues     (bytes, -q) 819200
real-time priority              (-r) 0
stack size              (kbytes, -s) 10240
cpu time               (seconds, -t) unlimited
max user processes              (-u) 16384
virtual memory          (kbytes, -v) unlimited
file locks                      (-x) unlimited



>
>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> []'s
>>>> Salatiel
>>>>
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>>>>   diante de um  idiota que banca o inteligente".
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>>
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>> Salatiel
>>
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