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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users Formfeed after each file Post 42595 by jgordon on Friday 31st of October 2003 08:28:02 AM
Old 10-31-2003
Formfeed after each file

Have a line printer that uses the script /etc/lp/interfaces/citoh script when processing print jobs. I've developed the header so that it will print a page break before the start of each page. When you print single files, this works fine. But, if you print multiple files (e.g. lp -d citoh *.fil), the header is not invoked before each file. Thus, the subsequent files start printing right after the previous file even if it's right in the middle of a page.

I would like to generate a page break after the end of each file. Alternatively, I'd like to invoke the header so that each file name is identified for each printed file.

Thanks in advance
 

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lpr(1)							      Easy Software Products							    lpr(1)

NAME
lpr - print files SYNOPSIS
lpr [ -E ] [ -P destination ] [ -# num-copies [ -l ] [ -o option ] [ -p] [ -r ] [ -C/J/T title ] [ file(s) ] DESCRIPTION
lpr submits files for printing. Files named on the command line are sent to the named printer (or the system default destination if no des- tination is specified). If no files are listed on the command-line lpr reads the print file from the standard input. OPTIONS
The following options are recognized by lpr: -E Forces encryption when connecting to the server. -P destination Prints files to the named printer. -# copies Sets the number of copies to print from 1 to 100. -C name Sets the job name. -J name Sets the job name. -T name Sets the job name. -l Specifies that the print file is already formatted for the destination and should be sent without filtering. This option is equivalent to "-oraw". -o option Sets a job option. -p Specifies that the print file should be formatted with a shaded header with the date, time, job name, and page number. This option is equivalent to "-oprettyprint" and is only useful when printing text files. -r Specifies that the named print files should be deleted after printing them. COMPATIBILITY
The "c", "d", "f", "g", "i", "m", "n", "t", "v", and "w" options are not supported by CUPS and will produce a warning message if used. SEE ALSO
cancel(1), lp(1), lpstat(1), CUPS Software Users Manual, http://localhost:631/documentation.html COPYRIGHT
Copyright 1993-2002 by Easy Software Products, All Rights Reserved. 23 January 2001 Common UNIX Printing System lpr(1)
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