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From: bb@wjh12.harvard.edu (Brent Byer)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Help Zapping a LaserWriter
Message-ID: <547@wjh12.harvard.edu>
Date: 1 Sep 90 21:38:23 GMT
References: <90239.115514SMITHM@QUCDN.BITNET>
Reply-To: bb@wjh12.UUCP (Brent Byer)
Organization: Textware, Cambridge MA
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In article <90239.115514SMITHM@QUCDN.BITNET> SMITHM@QUCDN.QueensU.CA writes:
>
>In the /etc/printcap file you can define a trailing string that the
>line printer daemon will append to each job.  ... something like:
>
>   :tr=\004
>
>Add the above sequence to the entry for your PS printer and life should
>improve.

Yes, life will be better, but it won't always be good.  On some (all?)
lpd implementations, the "tr" string does not get sent after each job,
but only after the last of the queued jobs has been output.  Thus,
each job *might* not see an "initialized" printer.  If all applications
are kosher, you probably won't feel it; else, the world gets weird.

caveat utilior

Brent Byer