Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 09:23:37 -0500 From: "Martin Gignac" <mgignac@cinar.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Extra blank page when using lpr... Message-ID: <000b01bf2f75$01e61c00$0ba6cdcd@cinar.com>
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Note: I've posted this message once, but doesn't seem to have appeared on the mailing list, so here it is again... Hi, I recently plugged an HP LaserJet 4000TN printer to my FreeBSD box (running 3.3-stable) and tried printing Greg Lehey's "The Complete FreeBSD" errata in it's Postsript form using the command: cat errata.ps > /dev/lpt0 Everything went fine. But when I turned on the lpd daemon and issued the command: lpr errata.ps it still printed fine, but the printer spit out an extra blank page at the end of the print job. I tried printing other Postscript- and PCL6-format files, and I always get an extra blank page if using lpr. I used the default /etc/printcap file. After doing a search in the mailing list archives, I found a reference to an ':ff=\004:\' command I could insert in the printcap section for my printer. It fixed the problem. My question is this: why does lpr seem to print an extra blank page by default compared to just using 'cat errata.ps > /dev/lpt0'? And what exatcly does 'ff=\004' mean? Is it some kind of escape code? Does it have to be 'activated' for all printers using lpr, or just some? Thanks for any reply, and I hope I haven't asked a question that's already been asked too many times... -Martin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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