HP 8150 and large files

[Charles Allen]

There may be a newer one, but my 8150 firmware is: 20020311

And the jetdirect firmware is:
JetDirect Model: J4169A
JetDirect Firmware Version: L.22.09,CIDATE 01/17/2002

Yes, there are two different flashable firmwares for this printer.

How big is this file, anyway?

[autret]

It's a Postscript file of 8.9 Mbytes:
sgsiosfd> ls -l ~nyseb/xmarrcpt.lis.157019
-rw-r--r-- 1 nyseb zxmp 8994399 Sep 19 13:09 /usr/users/syst/nyseb/xmar
rcpt.lis.157019
sgsiosfd> file ~nyseb/xmarrcpt.lis.157019
/usr/users/syst/nyseb/xmarrcpt.lis.157019: PostScript (v1.0) text

[Olav Kolbu · Accepted solution]

Hi

Have you set up your spooling system so that it sends it straight to the 8150, or does it first spool the job to to disk (say to /var/spool/lpd)? If it's the latter, than that area might be full. Either make sure more space is available or try printing with 'lpr -s yourfile'. The -s will attempt to create a symlink from your file to the spooling area, instead of copying the file. A few caveats like do not remove the file before it has printed applies, see 'man lpr'.

OK

[autret]

With 'lpr -s myfile', it's OK. Bravo, Olav!

Jean-Louis