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Date:      Fri, 20 Sep 1996 15:04:13 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "Stephen F. Combs" <steve@combs.salem.ge.com>
To:        Chuck Kelly <ckelly@dnaent.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Printer Header (Banner) Pages
Message-ID:  <Pine.SUN.3.95.960920150304.17002M-100000@combs.salem.ge.com>
In-Reply-To: <3242DC1E.41C67EA6@dnaent.com>

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Chuck,
	1) you can telnet to the HP printer and disable header generation.
Unfortunately, this only works until the next time the printer is reset.
	2) you can invoke lpr as 'lpr -h'.  This will stop the flag page.

Other than that I don't know of any way.

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On Fri, 20 Sep 1996, Chuck Kelly wrote:

> Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 13:02:06 -0500
> From: Chuck Kelly <ckelly@dnaent.com>
> To: questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: Printer Header (Banner) Pages
> 
> When using FreeBSD, I print to an HP Network printer. I cannot seem to
> disable the header page that comes out. 
> 
> Here's my printcap entry:
> 
> # Remote Printer Entry
> lp|ps|PS|S|hplj4m1|Upstairs LaserJet Spooler:\
> :sh:lp=:rm=hplj4m1.dnaent.com:rp=lp:sd=/var/spool/output/lpd
> 
> I have the "SH" (Suppress Header) included in the entry. Any ideas? I
> found all kinds of documentation on customizing the header page but none
> on disabling it.
> 
> I don't have this problem when printing to printers physically attached
> to a FreeBSD machine.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Chuck
> 
> 
> -- 
> Chuck Kelly	
> Systems Administrator
> DNA Enterprises, Inc.
> ckelly@dnaent.com
> http://www.dnaent.com
> 




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