> 
> According to mycroft@gnu.ai.mit.edu:
> > 
> > Could you explain to me why having the printer reset for each job is a
> > bad idea, or causes you problems?  It seems to me that *not* having it
> > reset, and leaving around state from the previous print job, would be a
> > very bad idea in a multi-user environment.
> 

[Stuff about Reset/Page Eject deleted...]
> 
> Not very friendly in a multi-user environment.  All the HP Desk/LaserJet's
> I know of do this, as do at least some of the Cannon Bubble Jet's and
> a few more.  Many dot matrix printers are worse, they dump the buffer
> and reset TOF to where ever the page is.
> 

BINGO.  That's me!