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Subject: conf/5226: Default local printcap entry prints banner
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>Number:         5226
>Category:       conf
>Synopsis:       Default local printcap entry prints banner
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Dec  4 19:10:00 PST 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Andrew Cagney
>Organization:
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE i386
>Environment:

	Generic 2.2.5 with local postscript printer

>Description:

The printcap entry shipped with FreeBSD-2.2.5 sends a banner page to
the printer by default. At the risk of sounding green (after all what
is wrong with an 18% increase in Australia's green-house gas emisions
:-), I argue the default printcap should be shipped with the the banner
page suppressed.

The reaons are:

	o	this doesn't work off-the-shelf when the
		attached printer supports postscript.

	o	It is a waste of paper.

	o	is a legacy from the days when everyone
		used continuous-feed printers.  Everyone
		now-a-days has single sheet printers :-)

Have a smog free day :-)

>How-To-Repeat:

Print a page.  Add a sheet to the recycling pile.

>Fix:
	
Add `:sh:' to the printcap entry shipped with future releases.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: