Rick Fochtman wrote:
Paul, that's not true. The printer has no way of knowing whether it's a
"initial" page eject or not. Some programming languages will spit an
extra page eject, like PL/1 does, but the basic printer isn't that smart.
Paul Gilmartin wrote:
And one more thing. IBM printers ignore an initial page
eject (the rule is more complicated, but this is the
effect). Many UNIX and PC printers honor the initial
formfeed. At best, this wastes a leaf when printing
single-sided. The effect when printing two-sided is
more irritating -- the even numbered pages appear in
front; the odd numbered in back.
Actually the channel attached printers (1403, 3211, etc)
are that smart.
If the printer is at top of form (channel one in FCB
or carriage tape for older printers) the printer ignores
a skip to channel one. I suspect this is true of the other
channels as well, but don't remember.
Just noticed I have channels in two different contexts, but
I think this is clear.
--
Richard
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