FORM FEED 1

[butchELLS]

does any one know how to eliminate a form feed?

i am printing from unix (sco 5.0.6) to a remote printer (okidata 320) using facetwin. it prints fine but i get a form feed at the end of print. this is not a problem except when i need to print labels of less than 1 page length. i have tried using the "sf" flag in printcap but it continues to form. how do i suppress the form feed?

./butch test gives
total 4
drwxrwxrwx 2 main group 512 Oct 3 09:21 export
drwxrwxrwx 2 main group 512 Oct 3 09:21 import

and then forms to a new page.

butch = lp -c -s -o RAW -dfct_butch $1

fct_butch being the name of the printer.

is the placement of the "sf" flag in printcap critical?
any help would be appreciated.
thank you

 

[motoslide]

It's been years since I've played with FacetWin and their slave printer routine. Do you have a printer interface file for this printer in /usr/spool/lp/admins/lp/interfaces? If so, look for the trailing FormFeed there. It could be a statement such as:
echo "\014"
I don't think the location of the :sf: flag in /etc/printcap is important, but there's no guarantee the receiving print server will honor every flag. You might also add :sh: to Suppress Header.

 

[butchELLS]

thank you motoslide! that did the trick.