Re: Remote printing to JetDirect: unwanted banners

[Eric Sisler <esisler westminster lib co us>]

Nick Urbanik <nicku vtc edu hk> wrote:

>We have two HP printers with JetDirect boxes.  When I print to them
>using TCP/IP, an extra page appears after the print job that contains
>the following four lines of text in 12pt Courier font:
>User: nicku
>Host: nickpc.tyee.vtc.edu.hk
>Class: nickpc.tyee.vtc.edu.hk
>Job: stdin

[snip]

>Any idea on how to stop this terrible waste of trees?

You'll have to telnet to the JetDirect card and turn off the banner page
there.  Unfortunately the card insists on printing its own banner page even
if lpd isn't sending one.

-Eric


Eric Sisler
Library Computer Technician
Westminster Public Library
Westminster, CO, USA
esisler westminster lib co us

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