6.4. Job Copies and Job Size

Options used:

• mc=maximum number of copies

• mx=maximum job size (Kbytes)

The :mc (maximum number of copies) and :mx (maximum job size) options are used by both the lpr and lpd programs. The lpr -Kn or lpr -#n option sets the numbers of copies wanted to n; if this is larger than the :mc value then the lpr client will not print the job and the lpd server will discard the job with an error. The job size is the product of the number of copies and the sum of the individual file sizes. This is, in effect, the total number of bytes to be transferred to the printer. If the job size is larger than the :mx limit, then the lpr client will not print the job and the lpd server will discard the job with an error.