Date: Sun, 4 May 2014 13:35:59 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Peter Ulrich Kruppa <ulrich@pukruppa.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: lpr / ghostscript problem: blank page at end of each print job Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1405041329250.7760@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <5366768B.6070608@pukruppa.de> References: <5366768B.6070608@pukruppa.de>
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On Sun, 4 May 2014, Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote: > Hi, > > I am playing around with a host based Windows printer (Brother > HL-2135W), which seems to understand some PCL . > > Converting .ps or .pdf files with ghostscript and printing the result > via lpr works so far. What is the full gs command? http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing-lpd.html#printing-lpd-filters-ps2pcl > Problem is, there always will be a blank page printed out at the end of > a print job. > I tried to suppress this with lpr -h option, but that wouldn't help. > > Does anyone have any good idea? Does the extra page print if the file is dumped directly to the printer? http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing-direct.html Do plain text files print correctly? Is there an input filter in the printcap entry for the printer, and if so, what does the filter do?
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