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From: dd@intuit.intuit.COM (David DelGreco)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: Printer Help needed
Message-ID: <454@intuit.intuit.COM>
Date: 15 Jun 91 22:12:06 GMT
References: <1991Jun12.174127.7458@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <1991Jun13.121029.15770@isc.rit.edu>
Organization: Intuit Int., Menlo Park, CA
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res8595@ritvax.isc.rit.edu (SCIPIONI, RE) writes:

>In article <1991Jun12.174127.7458@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, jvance@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Jerry Vance) writes...
>>We have netware 2.15 installed and use a HPlaserjet II printer.  We deleted the
>> banner page but everytime we send a document to print we get an extra page 
>>from the printer.  Needless to say a lot of paper gets wasted.  Our rep who 
>>helped install says that the HP needs to kick out a page to clean its buffer.  
>>Help there must be a way to save this page.


>I experienced a similar problem with a standard Epson printer.  It turned out
>the the consultant that defined the printers had a form feed as part of the
><reset> mode in the printdef file.  Once I removed that particular ESC sequence
>the "problem" was gone.  Hope this helps.


We have the same problem.  We also work with software that requires printer
drivers.  When the HP receives a reset code "<Esc>E" it will spit out a page
IF some info already happens to be in it's buffer.  But if there is no info
in the buffer, then it won't print out a page.

But on our network, we get a page spit out AFTER every job.  Is that what is 
happening to you, Jerry?

I'd love to find out why this is happening.  Seems to be coming from the 
server, as far as I can tell.

David DelGreco
dd@intuit.com