Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site omen.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!reed!omen!caf From: caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX) Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: Re: banner headers on xenix printouts Message-ID: <218@omen.UUCP> Date: Thu, 15-Aug-85 15:50:50 EDT Article-I.D.: omen.218 Posted: Thu Aug 15 15:50:50 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 19-Aug-85 07:39:30 EDT References: <627@deepthot.UUCP> Reply-To: 4Eacaf@.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX) Organization: Omen Technology, Portland Lines: 34 Summary: In article <627@deepthot.UUCP> zaphod@deepthot.UUCP (Lance Bailey) writes: > > 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. > >what I want is :: name_banner >> files > >what I get is :: name_banner > > name_banner > > <-- second form-feed that causes the blank page > files > >since the spool area gets only the files, I get the feeling that the >banners are put on by the device and therefore non-removable by me. >That is, I should learn to live with them. > >question:: do other people have this problem? > has anyone solved it? > is it even solvable? > The file you need to change is /etc/default/lpd. I changed mine to: ============================== /etc/default/lpd ============================== BANNERS=0 -- Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX ...!tektronix!reed!omen!caf CIS:70715,131 Omen Technology Inc 17505-V NW Sauvie Island Road Portland OR 97231 Voice: 503-621-3406 Modem: 503-621-3746 (Hit CR's for speed detect) Home of Professional-YAM, the most powerful COMM program for the IBM PC