From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jan 17 10:21:41 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA14560 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 17 Jan 1998 10:21:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from emu.sourcee.com (emu.sourcee.com [199.201.159.173]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA14548 for ; Sat, 17 Jan 1998 10:21:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nrice@emu.sourcee.com) Received: (from nrice@localhost) by emu.sourcee.com (8.8.8/8.8.3) id NAA19299; Sat, 17 Jan 1998 13:21:19 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <19980117132118.22522@emu.sourcee.com> Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 13:21:18 -0500 From: Norman C Rice To: "Stephen J. Roznowski" Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: printer ejects blank page at start of job References: <199801171646.LAA09800@istari.home.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88 In-Reply-To: <199801171646.LAA09800@istari.home.net>; from Stephen J. Roznowski on Sat, Jan 17, 1998 at 11:46:55AM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Sat, Jan 17, 1998 at 11:46:55AM -0500, Stephen J. Roznowski wrote: > > I'd check the archives, but they still appear to be down.... > > There was a discussion a while ago about the printer ejecting > a blank page at the start of the job... What was the solution > to this problem? > > Note: I do have "sh" defined in my printcap.... Any chance the document starts of with a formfeed character? If not, what is your setup? What type of document are you attempting to print (text, postcript)? What type of printer are you printing to? Is it a local printer? Is it a remote printer? Are you using any filters? Are you using apsfilter? What is your /etc/printcap entry? Are you using LPR? Are you using LPRng? > > Thanks, > Stephen Roznowski (sjr@home.net) -- Regards, Norman C. Rice, Jr.