Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 20:31:19 -0500 From: dkelly@hiwaay.net To: Andrew Gordon <arg@arg1.demon.co.uk> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: lpr/lpd and HP networked printers Message-ID: <199709230131.UAA06031@nospam.hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: Message from Andrew Gordon <arg@arg1.demon.co.uk> of "Tue, 23 Sep 1997 00:29:20 BST." <Pine.BSF.3.91.970923001957.29070A-100000@server.arg.sj.co.uk>
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Andrew Gordon writes: > > So, I still think a change to lpr/lpd would be useful, though so far > it looks like I am in a minority of 1.... I don't think the banner page you are seeing originated in your FreeBSD box, so there is no way lpr/lpd could be changed to delete it. You didn't say what printer name you were printing to on the HP. As I remember there are two names HP supports, "text" and "raw". Forgot which was considered default. But if you had an old Sun that was able to print without this banner page then maybe one of these devices doesn't include the banner? Another idea about the Sun was that it might not have been printing via lpd. HP has downloadable software for printing on JetDirect printers that provides GUI control and status of the printer. By that backdoor one might disable banner printing on a job by job basis. "Modern" Solaris is such a pain to set up standalone networked printers that HP's JetDirect software is a real blessing. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.
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