From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 4 13:11:57 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA10814 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 4 Feb 1998 13:11:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA10728 for ; Wed, 4 Feb 1998 13:11:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id NAA16018; Wed, 4 Feb 1998 13:11:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 13:11:32 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Heiko Schafberg cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Q: printer queue In-Reply-To: <34D87989.D70B991F@bach.med.uni-jena.de> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe questions" On Wed, 4 Feb 1998, Heiko Schafberg wrote: > I have a little problem with my printerqueue. I have a HP laserjet 6P on > lpt0, FreeBSD 2.2.5 and W95 clients which have to print over the > printerqueue. Everything works fine but after every print job the > printer spools a empty sheet. How can I supress this formfeed? > Please answer to my e-mail address directly. It's probably being kicked in by your print filter. With raw output, the printer won't finish the last page of a text document; it waits for more input. The formfeed ejects the page and finishes the job, otherwise the printer sits there for a few minutes waiting for more. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major