OT - printing question

Warren Block wblock at wonkity.com
Thu Jul 3 13:33:41 UTC 2008


On Thu, 3 Jul 2008, Andrew Gould wrote:

> I have a postscript printer.  I can send the output of text files to the
> printer; but the printer won't eject the page until I send enough text to
> fill the page.
>
> Is there a standard page-break or "eject page" command?

If you're sending PS, it's "showpage".  But it sounds like you're 
sending plain text.  In that case, the printer will eject the page when 
it gets 60 lines or a form feed (\f, 0x0c).

It may be just as easy to convert your text to PS before sending. 
/usr/ports/print/enscript-letter (or -A4) is handy for that.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA


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