LAT printer won't do big files

[George Robbins]

In article <1990Oct5.021738.939 at hayes.fai.alaska.edu> fnddr at acad3.fai.alaska.edu writes:
> I have set up a couple of PostScript printers (one QMS, one Apple) on a
> terminal server and I can access them from a couple of DS5000s/Ultrix 4.0
> just fine for small files.  However, when I have a large (>100K roughly) file
> trying to print, the serial data lights on the server flash for many seconds
> as the file starts spooling to the printer, then they stop.

Sounds like it might be either a printcap determined file size limit or
a flow control problem.

You might try specifying mx=big number instead of 0 to see if the man
page is lying.  Beyond that, interpret the fs# and xs# bits, and also
the flow control options on the LAT port.

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