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44      <h1 class="SECT1"><a name="JOBCOPIES">6.4. Job Copies and Job
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47      <p>Options used:</p>
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51          <p><var class="LITERAL">mc=</var><span class=
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57          <p><var class="LITERAL">mx=</var><span class=
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65      <p>The <var class="LITERAL">:mc</var> (maximum number of
66      copies) and <var class="LITERAL">:mx</var> (maximum job size)
67      options are used by both the <b class="APPLICATION">lpr</b>
68      and <b class="APPLICATION">lpd</b> programs. The <tt class=
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71      "LITERAL">n</var>; if this is larger than the <var class=
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73      "APPLICATION">lpr</b> client will not print the job and the
74      <b class="APPLICATION">lpd</b> server will discard the job
75      with an error. The job size is the product of the number of
76      copies and the sum of the individual file sizes. This is, in
77      effect, the total number of bytes to be transferred to the
78      printer. If the job size is larger than the <var class=
79      "LITERAL">:mx</var> limit, then the <b class=
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