turning off the banner page!

[buddkun]

OK, this is driving me insane. I'm trying to stop wasting paper by turning off the banner page and i can't figure it out. Here's what I've tried:

1. print panel - we don't have the impressario software to get to the "more options" which will turn it off

2. tried this:
`echo nobanner >> /var/spool/lp/settings/<printname>/<username>`
this didn't work.

3. there are 5 postcripts in /var/spool/lp/printer - I've set BANNER=0 in 4 of them. In the fifth, called &quot;netface&quot;, I can't find anything mentioning &quot;banner&quot; to change. Is that the script we're accessing?

Does anyone have any idea how to turn this thing off before my company destroys a forest? We are running irix 6.5. Thanks a ton!

 

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[irixfan]

I have solved this at the printer (HP Laserjet 8550). Under &quot;TCP/IP PRINT OPTIONS&quot; there is setting &quot;banner 0 to disable, 1 to enable&quot;.
Does this help in your case?

 

[klasan]

Try the option -o Bnn with the lp command:
# lp -o Bnn -dprinter file