[16594] in Athena Bugs
lpr
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeremy C Daniel)
Mon Jan 11 12:14:12 1999
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 12:14:08 -0500
From: Jeremy C Daniel <jdaniel@MIT.EDU>
To: bug-print@MIT.EDU
Cc: bugs@MIT.EDU
Under sun, linux, and NetBSD:
athena% lpr 1*
Lost connection to printer....
Broken pipe
Exit 141
Under sgi:
athena% lpr 1*
Lost connection to printer....
Lost connection to printer....
Lost connection to printer....
I can't seem to be able to send your request to the printer.
Please try again later or try using another printer.
Exit 1
It appears to happen in cases where there are more than 26 files sent
to the printer at once. I suspect it's due to the servers since it
doesn't appear to be platform dependent.