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01-28-2003

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See the man page on lpadmin - there is a "nobanner" and "banner" option. Banner is default.

Controlling the Use of the Banner Page

nobanner
Allow a user to submit a print request specifying that
no banner page be printed.

banner
Force a banner page to be printed with every print
request, even when a user asks for no banner page.
This is the default. Specify -o nobanner to allow
users to specify -o nobanner with the lp command.

Note the following if that does not help (reverse engineer it!):

Quote:

Disabling the banner page in Sun OS 5.x (Solaris 2.x) environment:

NeWSprint printer:

1. Change to the printer spooling directory on the printer server.

e.g. /etc/lp/printers/<printername>

2. Set BANNERPS and TRAILERPS to nullin .param file:

e.g. BANNERPS=; export BANNERPS
TRAILERPS=; export TRAILERPS

HP Jetdirect printers (using jetadmin):

1. Change directory to /etc/lp/interfaces/model.orig

2. Edit the file named after the printer:

change banner="no" (or "yes") to banner=""

All other printers:

1. Change to the /etc/lp/interfaces/<printername> directory.

2. Edit the file named after the printer:

change nobanner="no" to nobanner="" (or "yes")

If the printer you are printing to is a remote printer, your only options are:

1. Set up the remote printer with "Banner Required? No" and send your
jobs with:

lp -d printername -o nobanner file

2. Shut off the banner in one of the above ways on the print server.

Also note that some printers may need to have the banner turned on -

Quote:

If the printer is an HP with Jetdirect card you need to
telnet into the jetdirect card (telnet <pingname of prtr>
then hit cr twice) to get to the internal menu. There is
a banner option that needs to be turned off. Follow the
instructions in the menu to turn it off.

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enable

enable(1)                                                          User Commands                                                         enable(1)

NAME

       enable, disable - enable/disable LP printers

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/bin/enable printer...

       /usr/bin/disable [-c | -W]  [ -r [reason]] printer...

DESCRIPTION

       The  enable  command  activates  printers,  enabling  them to print requests submitted by the lp command. enable must be run on the printer
       server.

       The disable command deactivates printers, disabling them from printing requests submitted by the lp command. By default, any requests  that
       are  currently  printing  on printer will be reprinted in their entirety either on printer or another member of the same class of printers.
       The disable command must be run on the print server.

       Use lpstat -p to check the status of printers.

       enable and disable only effect queueing on the print server's spooling system. Executing these commands from a client system will  have  no
       effect on the server.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported for use with disable:

       -c              Cancels  any requests that are currently printing on printer. This option cannot be used with the -W option. If the printer
                       is remote, the -c option will be silently ignored.

       -W              Waits until the request currently being printed is finished before disabling printer. This option cannot be used  with  the
                       -c option. If the printer is remote, the -W option will be silently ignored.

       -r [reason]     Assigns  a  reason  for  the  disabling  of  the  printer(s). This reason applies to all printers specified. This reason is
                       reported by lpstat -p. Enclose reason in quotes if it contains blanks. The default  reason  is  "unknown  reason"  for  the
                       existing printer, and "new printer" for a printer added to the system but not yet enabled.

OPERANDS

       The following operand is supported for both enable and disable:

       printer         The  name of the printer to be enabled or disabled. Specify printer using atomic name. See printers.conf(4) for information
                       regarding the naming conventions for atomic names.

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0               Successful completion.

       non-zero        An error occurred.

FILES

       /var/spool/lp/*         LP print queue.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         |      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability                 |SUNWpcu                      |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |CSI                          |enabled                      |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       lp(1), lpstat(1), printers.conf(4), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.10                                                          9 Sep 1996                                                           enable(1)