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Date:      Wed, 4 Feb 1998 13:11:32 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Heiko Schafberg <schafberg@bach.med.uni-jena.de>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Q: printer queue
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980204131039.15689Q-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <34D87989.D70B991F@bach.med.uni-jena.de>

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On Wed, 4 Feb 1998, Heiko Schafberg wrote:

> I have a little problem with my printerqueue. I have a HP laserjet 6P on
> lpt0, FreeBSD 2.2.5 and W95 clients which have to print over the
> printerqueue. Everything works fine but after every print job the
> printer spools a empty sheet. How can I supress this formfeed?
> Please answer to my e-mail address directly.

It's probably being kicked in by your print filter.  With raw output, the
printer won't finish the last page of a text document; it waits for more
input.  The formfeed ejects the page and finishes the job, otherwise the
printer sits there for a few minutes waiting for more.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major





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