Page breaks do not break correctly accross the printed pages.

  • 3441519
  • 30-Nov-2006
  • 16-Mar-2012

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>