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From: terry@tah386.manhattan.ks.us (Terry Hull)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Laserjet & Xenix
Keywords: Xenix2.2.3
Message-ID: <549@tah386.manhattan.ks.us>
Date: 27 Jul 89 17:58:30 GMT
References: <897@lakesys.UUCP>
Reply-To: terry@tah386.manhattan.ks.us (Terry Hull)
Organization: Kansas State University, Manhattan
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In article <897@lakesys.UUCP> davef@lakesys.UUCP (Dave Fenske) writes:
>I got hit with a question last night that I don't know the answer to.  It seems
>that this man has an HP Laserjet attached to a Compaq which is running Xenix.
>
>He doesn't want banner pages, so he edited "lpd" and set banners=0.  He claims
>that he still gets a blank page (no banners, but a page nonetheless) before
>the first page of each print job.   He runs 2.3.1.


Check the interface script.  My guess is he is either sending a 
form feed to the printer, or he is doing a printer reset with 
an ESC E.  Sending an Escape E to the printer will not only reset
it, but will also cause the printer to form feed a blank page.  





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Terry Hull 
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Kansas State University
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