Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 11:10:32 -0400 From: Rick Preston <rickjpreston@gmail.com> Cc: modelt20@canada.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adding a FormFeed to an LPR printcap file? Message-ID: <c4d7bf4905052808106be7a5b5@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1117291494.9411.0.camel@chaucer> References: <20050528031003.12739.fh051.wm@smtp.sc0.cp.net> <1117291494.9411.0.camel@chaucer>
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Hi, I believe that :sh is called suppress header and that it suppresses the banner page. Form feed is a control character. hex 0c. In the past I have added it to the bottom of my text or PCL documents or added it in the printer interface script on UNIX systems that use the lpsystem print subsystem. I'm not sure if it would go in the :if or :of in the printcap or even how to add it (why I didn't respond earlier) I haven't worked on the BSD spooler since FreeBSD 3.3 so I'm a little rusty. You might look at the printer, I've seen on some where you can add a timeout to eject the last page and if you are doing job based or page based printing, you can set the value low. If you are doing line based printing, that could cause the printer to eject the paper before you finish printing. good luck, On 5/28/05, Mike Jeays <Mike.Jeays@rogers.com> wrote: > On Fri, 2005-05-27 at 23:10, modelt20@canada.com wrote: > > Hello: > > > > Could someone suggest a way to add a form feed to the > > end of a print document in LPR? I have a printer that > > doesn't eject the last page when the print job is > > finished; and I can't seem to find this in the manual. > > > > My guess is I need to add it to my printer filter, but > > its not clear to me what I need to add. > > > > I'm running freeBSD 5.3-Release. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Harold. > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd= .org" >=20 > I think you have to remove the :sh parameter in /etc/printcap >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >
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