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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (kkkken@Athena.MIT.EDU)
Sun Feb 2 13:30:06 1992
From: kkkken@Athena.MIT.EDU
To: ajaygupt@Athena.MIT.EDU
Cc: bug-sipb@Athena.MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of Sat, 01 Feb 92 19:19:38 -0500.
Date: Sun, 02 Feb 92 13:29:28 EST
Hello, I am writing regarding your bug report on idraw:
>> I have made a file using Idraw having a total of around 254K bytes. When I give
>> the print command every printer (at least in W20) prints my title page then
>> keeps on blinking for a long time and finally doesn't print my file. Is it due
>> to some restriction on the size of file. I am mailing the file 'ctbm.ps' after
>> making it readable. Please see whats wrong ...I have to complete an urgent job.
Please don't mail us 254K files in the future --- the mail goes to
many people and a discuss meeting (where it will be archived forever!)
I was unable to load the file you mailed into idraw (idraw gave me an
input error --- I suspect the file was truncated). I am also unable
to read your home directory, although you said it was readable. Did
you chmod every directory from your top level down to the file?
The size limit for printer files is on the order of megabytes (disk
space on the print server), not K. The most common reason for a
postscript file (idraw files are in postscript format) not to print is
because of a postscript error in the file. I tried printing your file
(at least the part you sent, after tacking a "showpage" on the end)
with a postscript error handler. It's taking forever! After over
four minutes, I actually got a printout of a big tube with funny parts
and lots of arrows in it (it looks like it's what you wanted.) My
guess is that you went over quota saving the file and didn't notice,
and the file got truncated. Are you able to load the file into idraw
now? Can you make the file readable? If you aren't sure how to do
this, copy it into /afs/athena/user/k/kkkken/tmp/writable.
Sorry it's giving you trouble...
Kenneth J. Duda
MIT Network Services
Member, Student Information Processing Board
<kkkken@mit.edu>
