Your printer is interpreting a line feed at the end of the document as
a page feed
this only happens with text documents right? if so then the solution is
easy all you have to do if your able, set the printer's carriage return
and line feed to say carriage return. If your printer does not have
options like that download a program called nenscript it converts a text
document into postscript and then sends it off to the printer, that will
eliminate the problem of line feed
I had a similar problem with xerox printing and that solved the problem.
Herman Aa wrote:
>
> Printer used to work but something must have gone wrong.
> I will do a re-install unless I find an alternative on NEWBIE.
>
> cat bashrc | lpr -Printer starts OK but produces a blank page.
> cat bashrc -prints OK to screen
> lpr bashrc -same, printer prints blank page.
> lpr ./bashrc -same, printer prints blank page.
>
> Prior to the above, somehow I got the printer to print the
> first line of bashrc once.
> I rebooted Linux once, with printer switched on, to be sure.
> Printer is working under WIN95.
>
> Printer configured as LaserJet 4/5/6 originally, with RH 5.0
> install.
> Under X, controlpanel, printer, it shows LaserJet 4. I have not
> tried any manual configuring.
>
> Wondering what's wrong?
>
> Herman.
>
> Herman Aa.
> >From a mountaintop on Cebu island, Philippines.
> With Linux in front of me. Coconut-trees, the sea,
> next island, when looking out.
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Vicken Awakian
