From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 28 8:50:49 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from cell-works.com (w130.z064220255.trn-nj.dsl.cnc.net [64.220.255.130]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C686C37B71C for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2001 08:50:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from john@cell-works.com) Received: from localhost (john@localhost) by cell-works.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA11023; Wed, 28 Mar 2001 12:25:11 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from john@cell-works.com) Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 12:25:11 -0500 (EST) From: John Daniel To: Ted Mittelstaedt Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: results RE: Suppressing the banner page on a HPLJ 4 printer?- In-Reply-To: <007301c0b1ce$92c160e0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thanks to all who offered suggestions to help me with my problem . after reading the suggestions I was able to get the banner page to suppress using telnet. the problem that I was having was NT telnet wasn't returning a prompt to let me know I had successfully connected. when I used the telnet in freebsd or hit enter a couple times in the NT telnet i got a prompt and i was able to change the banner page setting with no further trouble. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Never trust a Fat accountant or a skinny Santa Claus. -BD ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Tue, 20 Mar 2001, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > If you go to http://www.daemonnews.org and read the article on > my book The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide, you will > find a link to Chapter 8 on their website which is all > about printing and tells you about this. > > Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com > Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide > Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of John Daniel > >Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 6:36 PM > >To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >Subject: Suppressing the banner page on a HPLJ 4 printer? > > > > > > > >I am trying to get rid of the banner aka burst page when printing through > >a jet direct card in a Hp laserjet 4 .MY box is fbsd 2.2.8 > > > >I've tried going through the front panel menu's but I can't find the > >option to set banner=0. > > > >I tried telneting into the printer at it's ip address 192.168.1.200 but > >the is no response( no telnet prompt no password prompt nothing). I don't > >think its passworded and I'm not sure which port if any I need to try to > >telnet into to adjust the menu. > > > >I've tried search the questions archive but I still can't get rid of the > >banner page. > > > >Any suggestion? > > > >I tried several printcap file options > > > >including trying to address a specific port ( 9100 ) > > > >using a line" :lp=9100@rm=192.168.1.200:\ " > > > >Here is my printcap fille as it stands now minus the comment > > > ># @(#)printcap 5.3 (Berkeley) 6/30/90 > ># $Id: printcap,v 1.5.2.1 1998/02/07 19:17:32 ache Exp $ > >..... > ># > >#lp|local line printer:\ > ># :sh:\ > ># :lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs: > > > >lp|postscript|PostScript|local line printer:\ > > > >:lp=:rm=cwlp2:rp=RAW:sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:sf:\ > > :sh:mx#0: > > > >cwlp|HPLJ4:\ > > :sh:rm=cwlp:rp=RAW:sd=/var/spool/lpd/cwlp:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:sf:\ > > :sh:mx#0: > > > >lptest|Rm130:\ > > :lp=:rm=cwlp:rp=cwlp\ > > :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\ > > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lptest:\ > > :sh:mx#0: > > > >...... > > > >Is it true that thereis no way to control the banner page from here? > > > >TIA > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------- > >------------ > >Never trust a Fat accountant or a skinny Santa Claus. > > > >-BD > >------------------------------------------------------------------- > >------------ > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message