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From: ejbehr@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Eric Behr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: laser test page
Message-ID: <1991Apr21.024735.10787@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu>
Date: 21 Apr 91 02:47:35 GMT
Reply-To: ejbehr@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Eric Behr)
Organization: Central Illinois Surfing Club
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dburr@sandstorm.Berkeley.EDU (Donald Burr) writes:
>
>I have come up with the definitive answer for the debate thread on how to
>stop the LaserWriter from printing test pages.  This was yanked straight
>off a local BBS in Santa Barbara, CA.  Send all comments to the guy's
>Email address (listed at end of file), or if you don't have access to these
>services, ask me, and I'll forward a message.
>
The ultimate FAQ of this group?

Instead od torturing the poor printer (removing cables etc.), why not
download the code using SendPS or something? Here are the three little
gadgets I use:

--------
serverdict begin 0 exitserver
statusdict begin
false setdostartpage
end

--------
/Courier findfont 12 scalefont setfont

30 700 moveto

(The total number of pages printed on this laser printer is: ) show

statusdict begin pagecount 10 string cvs show

showpage



--------
serverdict begin 0 exitserver
statusdict begin
true setdostartpage
end

------------------------------------------

The first one disables the startup page, the second prints the total page
count, the third enables test page. The reason you may want #2 is that
(as urban legend has it) you shouldn't use #1 & #3 *too* often. Once you
disable the test page, leave it that way and use #2 to check if you need to
buy toner any time soon.

Works for me...

-- 
Eric Behr, Illinois State University, Mathematics Department
Internet: ejbehr@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu    Bitnet: ebehr@ilstu