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Date:      Mon, 8 Dec 1997 21:00:14 -0500 (EST)
From:      Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu>
To:        Atipa <freebsd@atipa.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: printing
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971208205802.3522F-100000@picnic.mat.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.971208184546.4150A-100000@dot.ishiboo.com>

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On Mon, 8 Dec 1997, Atipa wrote:

> 
> Try "sh" for supress header.

Nope, that's a standard feature of apsfilter (it was already in there).
Understand, this has been working for months fine; there's something odd
about the recent changes to lpd, because expressly setting fo to false is
being ignored also.  It's not a problem with my printcap (unless the basic
printcap format rules have changed in some major regard).

> 
> Kevin
> 
> On Mon, 8 Dec 1997, Chuck Robey wrote:
> 
> > I know changes have recently gone into the lpd, and I haven't the time to
> > find out why my printer has begun kicking out a blank page on the start of
> > every print.  The 'fo' property is not in any of my printcap entries
> > (which come from apsfilter) and the default value for 'fo' (according to
> > the printcap man page, this is the property controlling whether a
> > formfeed is sent on the beginning of each new print job) is false.
> > 
> > If no one looks at this until my semester gets over, I'll fix at it
> > myself then.
> > 
> > ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
> > Chuck Robey                 | Interests include any kind of voice or data 
> > chuckr@glue.umd.edu         | communications topic, C programming, and Unix.
> > 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1  |
> > Greenbelt, MD 20770         | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD
> > (301) 220-2114              | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN!
> > ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 

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Chuck Robey                 | Interests include any kind of voice or data 
chuckr@glue.umd.edu         | communications topic, C programming, and Unix.
213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1  |
Greenbelt, MD 20770         | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD
(301) 220-2114              | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN!
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