Banner Page

[Matthew Geddes]

HpG wrote:

> Hi all
> Same behaviour with my Laserjet 4MPlus
>
> As far as I know, on the newer HP-ps-printers,
> it is possible to turn this info page off.
> It is a thing which does the printer by itself.
>
> All you have to do, is to telnet to your printer
> and turn this option off.
>
> My version is an older one (unfortunately), so
> I can't do it.
>
> Hanspeter
>
> Christof Hellweg wrote:
> >
> > The Banner Page come out after the printjob but the page is blank!
> > My printcap:
> > hp4si|lp7|PS_600dpi-a4-raw|PS_600dpi a4 raw:\
> >         :lp=/dev/lp0:\
> >         :sd=/var/spool/lpd/hp4si:\
> >         :lf=/var/spool/lpd/hp4si/log:\
> >         :af=/var/spool/lpd/hp4si/acct:\
> >         :if=/var/lib/apsfilter/bin/PS_600dpi-a4-raw:\
> >         :la@:mx#0:\
> >         :tr=:cl:sh:sf:
> >
> > Richard Sharpe schrieb:
> > >
> > > At 06:50 PM 1/18/00 +1100, Christof Hellweg wrote:
> > > >Hi!
> > > >I have the same problem with SuSE 6.3.
> > > >And I have sh in my printcap. What is the problem now?
> > > >Christof Hellweg
> > >
> > > What do these banner pages look like?  Do they come out after the print
> > > job, and consist of a few lines on the top of the page?
> > >
> > > If so, I have seen them on a RH6.0 system, but do not know what causes them.
> > >

My RH 6 box does the same. It's printing through a HP Jet Direct box. The Jet
Direct Box does have the Banner Page option turned off. The opnly option I have
turned on (using printtool) is the 'fix stair-stepping text' option.

Matt