Date: 12 Mar 2004 07:22:40 -0500 From: Mike Jeays <Mike.Jeays@rogers.com> To: rogermiller@alumni.union.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: extra pages when printing text files using pr and lpr Message-ID: <1079094159.5194.0.camel@chaucer> In-Reply-To: <200403112309.AA437977748@alumni.union.edu> References: <200403112309.AA437977748@alumni.union.edu>
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On Thu, 2004-03-11 at 23:09, rogermiller wrote: > Hi, all. > > I write a lot of plain text files, and print them to a dot matrix > printer attached to my parallel port. To do so, I use the pr command > to add headers, as follows: > pr -o 8 filename | lpr > > The problem is that the system always generates an extra page [form > feed, I suppose] after the last page. If print *several* files at > the same time, the extra sheet only follows the last page. > > Is there any way of suppressing this last blank page / formfeed? > > Thanks. > > p.s. If it matters, I'm running 4.9-RELEASE. > _______________________________________________ > 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" Try the "sf" option in /etc/printcap/. Read man printcap for more details.
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