> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Jun 26 09:01:16 2000
> Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 10:41:16 +0000
> From: "Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: LPRng: Removing PJL
>
> On 06/24/00 18:10:52 -0700 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> +-----
> | Well, I started looking into removing PJL from a job file and
> | discovered that it is not quite as easy as I thought.
> |
> | Removing it from the start YES. But what about any stuff at the end?
> | In the middle?
> |
> | Any comments from the list on this?
> +--->8
>
> FWIW I've been running for some time with a hacked filter (stolen from
> netatalk) which strips PJL from the start and the end. (It's not very
> good; it strips to the first %! and from a trailing \E%-12345X to end ---
> this seems to cause problems with the Windows HP5SiMX driver, the target
> printer needs a hard reset to recover. Sheesh). This was necessary for
> mixed Unix and Windows printing in our environment.
>
> The strip-from-end has so far only been needed for Windows 95/98; NT seems
> better behaved. Without the strip-from-end printers would eject an extra
> page or two followed by a PostScript error page (if enabled).
>
> --
> brandon s. allbery [os/2][linux][solaris][japh] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> system administrator [WAY too many hats] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> electrical & computer engineering KF8NH
> carnegie mellon university ["better check the oblivious first" -ke6sls]
Yes, this is also what I discovered. I also discovered that if I put
an addition 'dummy null job' at the end, this did not happen.
Oh, the JOYS of printer compatibility problems.
Patrick
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