zaphod@deepthot.UUCP (Lance Bailey) (08/07/85)
I have an IBM AT running XENIX. When I output to the printer,
I get a nice banner telling who printed the file. Unfortunatly,
the AT thinks that this banner is so nice that it outputs it twice. Followed
by an extraneous blank page.
what I want is :: name_banner
<ff>
files
what I get is :: name_banner
<ff>
name_banner
<ff>
<ff> <-- second form-feed that causes the blank page
files
since the spool area gets only the files, I get the feeling that the
banners are put on by the device and therefore non-removable by me.
That is, I should learn to live with them.
question:: do other people have this problem?
has anyone solved it?
is it even solvable?
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(Lance Bailey @ UWO Comp Sci, London, Canada)dmt@mtgzz.UUCP (d.m.tutelman) (08/14/85)
> I have an IBM AT running XENIX. When I output to the printer, > I get a nice banner telling who printed the file. Unfortunatly, > the AT thinks that this banner is so nice that it outputs it twice. Followed > by an extraneous blank page. I'm not at all sure about the blank page, but the double cover sheet is probably intentional, and not a conspiracy of the paper vendors. In a real comp center, labor is more expensive than paper, and one of the most labor-intensive (and poorly-executed) chores is the bursting of printouts and putting them in users' bins. The double banner page allows the person to always find the banner on an outward-facing page (assuming fan-fold paper). This makes the job easier. Given that you have an AT running XENIX, you're hardly a production comp center, and I don't blame you for not appreciating this "feature." But I have no idea how you patch your way around it. Hope someone else can help. Dave Tutelman Physical - AT&T Information Systems Holmdel, NJ 07733 Logical - ...ihnp4!mtuxo!mtgzz!dmt Audible - (201)-834-2895
beth@gymble.UUCP (Beth Katz) (08/14/85)
>> I have an IBM AT running XENIX. When I output to the printer, >> I get a nice banner telling who printed the file. Unfortunatly, >> the AT thinks that this banner is so nice that it outputs it twice. Followed >> by an extraneous blank page. To get just your output, use the following shell script. (You can also just use the one line, but I don't like remembering such things.) # cat $1 > /dev/lp & I put this in /usr/beth/bin/p and then just type 'p filename'. I make no claims for this working with all printers. It seems to work well with the standard IBM Graphics printer. It seems simple enough to work with any printer. Beth Katz Dept. of Computer Science, Univ. of Maryland {seismo,allegra}!umcp-cs!beth
larry@extel.UUCP (08/14/85)
Set BANNERS=1 in /etc/default/lpd. Larry ihnp4!tellab1!extel!tapa!larry
caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX) (08/15/85)
In article <627@deepthot.UUCP> zaphod@deepthot.UUCP (Lance Bailey) writes: > > I have an IBM AT running XENIX. When I output to the printer, >I get a nice banner telling who printed the file. Unfortunatly, >the AT thinks that this banner is so nice that it outputs it twice. Followed >by an extraneous blank page. > >what I want is :: name_banner > <ff> > files > >what I get is :: name_banner > <ff> > name_banner > <ff> > <ff> <-- second form-feed that causes the blank page > files > >since the spool area gets only the files, I get the feeling that the >banners are put on by the device and therefore non-removable by me. >That is, I should learn to live with them. > >question:: do other people have this problem? > has anyone solved it? > is it even solvable? > The file you need to change is /etc/default/lpd. I changed mine to: ============================== /etc/default/lpd ============================== BANNERS=0 -- Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX ...!tektronix!reed!omen!caf CIS:70715,131 Omen Technology Inc 17505-V NW Sauvie Island Road Portland OR 97231 Voice: 503-621-3406 Modem: 503-621-3746 (Hit CR's for speed detect) Home of Professional-YAM, the most powerful COMM program for the IBM PC
jerry@utzoo.UUCP (Jerry J. Deroo) (08/20/85)
there is a file /etc/defaults/lpr (i think) that has a line of the form
BANNER=N
the documentation says that N can be either 1 or 2.
I have not yet tried N=0, but N=1 does work. see the man page for lpr.
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