In message <20020807233124.B9395@marie>, Ignatios Souvatzis writes:
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>On Wed, Aug 07, 2002 at 03:43:18PM -0500, Peter Seebach wrote:
>> When I print to a local laser printer from NetBSD, it includes the conten=
>ts
>> of the "control file", lines like "Pseebs" and "Jmotd".  The printer
>> interprets these as meaning that I want a burst page.  When I use lprng u=
>nder
>> BSD/OS, the printer apparently just gets the data, not the control file.
>> Is there something obvious I can do to suppress these extra pages?
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>:sh: in /etc/printcap's entry for your printer. See printcap(5).

No, I have that.

All that does is keep lpr from generating an explicit burst page.  In this
case, lpr isn't sending a burst page, just the information that the printer
uses to make one.

-s