Environment
Novell SUSE
Linux Personal 9.2
Novell SUSE
Linux Enterprise Desktop 10
Common Unix
Printing System (CUPS)
Situation
Form Feeds are not honored when
printing jobs from an IBM 3900 Laser Printer through
CUPS.
The print
jobs print correctly through LPRng.
Resolution
Workaround:
1. Add ?format-f to the DeviceURI in the /etc/cups/printers.conf
file.
Here is an
exaample of what the /etc/cups/printers.conf file should
look like.
< Printer MAINFRAME>
Info
Location
DeviceURI lpd://198.76.9.58/EIAMVSP?format=f --> See here. Added ?format=f
State Idle
Accepting Yes
JobSheets none none
QuotaPeriod 0
PageLimit 0
KLimit 0
< /Printer>