Bug 30301

Summary:	Default printcap "mx" config too small
Product:	Base System	Reporter:	Craig A. Huegen <chuegen>
Component:	conf	Assignee:	Matteo Riondato <matteo>
Status:	Closed FIXED
Severity:	Affects Only Me
Priority:	Normal
Version:	Unspecified
Hardware:	Any
OS:	Any

Description Craig A. Huegen 2001-09-04 05:20:00 UTC

Default "mx" config of 1000*BUFSIZ blocks in /etc/printcap is far too
small.  This ends up being ~1MB.  The average size of printer output
language for a web page is near 1MB.  The default, in my opinion, should
be 24 MB or so.

Fix: 

Workaround (today) is through configuring "mx#0" (for unlimited print
spool file size) or "mx#<blocks>" where <blocks> represents a number
in BUFSIZ-sized blocks (1K)
How-To-Repeat: Try sending a large presentation through a default printer config to an
HP laserjet.

Comment 1 Matteo Riondato 2005-03-29 20:27:49 UTC

We don't have a "mx" config in printcap (and I didn't find any mention
about having had one...)
I think this PR can be closed
Best Regards
-- 
Rionda aka Matteo Riondato
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Comment 2 Matteo Riondato freebsd_committer

2006-03-04 11:09:57 UTC

State Changed
From-To: open->closed

We never had a "mx" directive in the default printcap

Comment 3 Matteo Riondato freebsd_committer

2006-03-04 11:09:57 UTC

Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-bugs->matteo

Grab this, just in case..