> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Aug 16 18:06:21 2002 > From: "Karl Kopper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: LPRng: mf.cfg question re: extra blank pages. > Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 17:20:23 -0700 > > > We're new to LPRng on Red Hat 7.3 (after unhappy CUPs testing) and we're > confused about the mf.cfg file. We generate our own PCL code from our > application but users also sometimes send text files from the shell with lp > commands. The problem we are having is that an extra blank page is sent at > the end of each PCL job (text file jobs sent from lp commands are okay). > > The offending part of the configuration appears to be the foomatic mf.cfg > file in the /var/spool/lpd/<printer> directory: > > ------------- > # foomatic/magicfilter configuration > # Make: HP > # Model: LaserJet 4000 > # Printer Id: 100576 > # Driver: Postscript > # TERMINATION= > # FILTER_LOCALE=C > # GS_PAPERSIZE=letter > > define(MAKE, `HP')dnl > define(MODEL, `LaserJet 4000')dnl > define(COLOR, `false')dnl > define(PAGEsize, `Letter')dnl > define(TEXTfilter, text "" \r\n\14 )dnl > define(PSfilter, `filter /usr/share/printconf/util/mf_postscript_wrapper > '``LPRN > GOPTS''` --mfomatic Postscript-100576.foo')dnl > define(PDFfilter, `filter /usr/share/printconf/util/mf_postscript_wrapper > '``LPR > NGOPTS''` --mfomatic Postscript-100576.foo')dnl (Same as PS filter for now) > define(PCLfilter, `cat')dnl > define(PJLfilter, `cat')dnl > define(DEFAULTfilter, text "" \r\n\14 )dnl > ------------- > > If we modify the TEXTfilter and the DEFAULTfilter lines as follows: > > define(DEFAULTfilter, text "" ) > > we stop wasting paper. But as the VOLATILE file states, when we restart lpd > (with PRINTCONF_FORCE_REBUILD=1) the mf.cfg file gets rebuilt. (Removing the > VOLATILE file doesn't help as the comments in the file seem to imply.) > > Where do we tell printconf (or is it the LPRng system?) not to do this? Or > where should we be setting the define for the DEFAULTfilter/TEXTfilter? > > Thanks for the great printing system, and many thanks in advance for your > help. > > > --Karl > > _________________________________________________________________ > Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com >
You need to use the foomatic configuration facility and have it remove the last entry. Send email to: Till Kamppeter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> who is the foomatic wizard and see what he suggests. I will forward this to him as well. Patrick Powell ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOU MUST BE A LIST MEMBER IN ORDER TO POST TO THE LPRNG MAILING LIST The address you post from MUST be your subscription address If you need help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or lprng-requests or lprng-digest-requests) with the word 'help' in the body. For the impatient, to subscribe to a list with name LIST, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with: | example: subscribe LIST <mailaddr> | subscribe lprng-digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe LIST <mailaddr> | unsubscribe lprng [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have major problems, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word LPRNGLIST in the SUBJECT line. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
