> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Mar 4 07:02:40 2003 > Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 14:12:33 +0000 (GMT) > From: Toby Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: LPRng: 2 printed files concatenating onto same paper > > Hi there, > > I have two single-page postscript files, file1.ps and file2.ps. > > If I print these using the command: > > lpr file1.ps file2.ps > > ... then they come out on the same piece of paper (on different > sides).
You have duplex mode set. The lpr file1 file2 is effectively doing cat file1 file2 >/dev/printer > > However, if I print them like this: > > lpr file1.ps; lpr file2.ps You are doing: cat file1 >/dev/printer cat file2 >/dev/printer The opening and closing causes a page eject > > ... then they come out on separate sheets, as I would want. > > I have a couple of questions arising from this: > > (1) What is it in the postscript in file1.ps that causes this to > happen? What is needed to properly terminate a postscript > job/page? Setting duplex mode. > > (2) My understanding is that even if they are passed to lpr in the > same command, they should still be filtered and processed > separately, so why does lpr file1.ps file2.ps produce a different > result from lpr file1.ps; lpr file2.ps. I suppose I'd like to > know what happens differently in each case. > > I'm using LRRng-3.8.10 > > Thanks for any info > > Toby Blake > University of Edinburgh Some people want and NEED the 'sticky options' set by the first file to be carried to the second file. Patrick Powell ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOU MUST BE A LIST MEMBER IN ORDER TO POST TO THE LPRNG MAILING LIST The address you post from MUST be your subscription address If you need help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or lprng-requests or lprng-digest-requests) with the word 'help' in the body. For the impatient, to subscribe to a list with name LIST, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with: | example: subscribe LIST <mailaddr> | subscribe lprng-digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe LIST <mailaddr> | unsubscribe lprng [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have major problems, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word LPRNGLIST in the SUBJECT line. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
