RE: [U2] PCL extra page

2006-03-07 Thread George Gallen
Depends on how you are formatting it. If you are formatting it by sending a prefix string of characters from one file, then sending your job, that would cause any ESC E to shoot out a new page. Also, by any chance does your job have any print @(-1) that are sent to the printer. If your

RE: [U2] PCL extra page

2006-03-07 Thread Bill Haskett
Steve: This is almost always limited to HP printers. What normally happens is that a print job always begins with a form feed. When PCL preceeds this print job you get a string that looks like: Pcl commands : FF : Print job Then, when this string is sent to the printer, HP interprets Pcl

Re: [U2] PCL extra page

2006-03-07 Thread Dave Taylor
@listserver.u2ug.org Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 7:00 AM Subject: RE: [U2] PCL extra page Steve: This is almost always limited to HP printers. What normally happens is that a print job always begins with a form feed. When PCL preceeds this print job you get a string that looks like: Pcl commands : FF

RE: [U2] PCL extra page

2006-03-07 Thread Bill Haskett
. www.advantos.net (760)944-5570 (CA) (360)923-4838 (WA) -Original Message- From: Dave Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 9:21 AM To: Bill Haskett; u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] PCL extra page Bill, I may be reading too much between the lines

Re: [U2] PCL extra page

2006-03-07 Thread Bruce Nichol
Goo'day, Dave and Bill, A further option you might like to consider (in a Windows printer environment) is the use of the printer's Page Separator (for each of the separate and several printers you create) to set a document's properties to whatever you requirelandscape/portrait, font,

RE: [U2] PCL extra page

2006-03-07 Thread Buss, Troy \(Logitek Systems\)
In our case... The users rightfully complained about those blank pages at the beginning of print jobs, so years ago we put a wrapper around all of our printing. Essentially, everything goes to a hold file first. The leading form feed is stripped from the beginning of the job if present. The

Re: [U2] PCL extra page

2006-03-07 Thread Paul Tykodi
Dear Steve, I have seen a number of really good ideas posted to the list to help you with this issue. Here is another option I haven't seen mentioned yet. HP PCL includes a command called eject page, which will cause a form feed to occur if printable data is currently stored in the printer's