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From: dmt@mtgzz.UUCP (d.m.tutelman)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: banner headers on xenix printouts
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Date: Tue, 13-Aug-85 17:30:38 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 13 17:30:38 1985
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> 	I have an IBM AT running XENIX.  When I output to the printer,
> I get a nice banner telling who printed the file.  Unfortunatly,
> the AT thinks that this banner is so nice that it outputs it twice. Followed
> by an extraneous blank page.

I'm not at all sure about the blank page, but the double cover sheet
is probably intentional, and not a conspiracy of the paper vendors.
In a real comp center, labor is more expensive than paper, and one
of the most labor-intensive (and poorly-executed) chores is the
bursting of printouts and putting them in users' bins.  The double
banner page allows the person to always find the banner on an
outward-facing page (assuming fan-fold paper).  This makes the job
easier.

Given that you have an AT running XENIX, you're hardly a production
comp center, and I don't blame you for not appreciating this "feature."
But I have no idea how you patch your way around it.  Hope someone
else can help.

			Dave Tutelman
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