Steve: This is almost always limited to HP printers.
What normally happens is that a print job always begins with a form feed. When PCL preceeds this print job you get a string that looks like: Pcl commands : FF : Print job Then, when this string is sent to the printer, HP interprets "Pcl commands" as text, so doesn't suppress the leading form feed...other printers often do. In D3, I was able to start a printer and suppress the leading form feed. However, D3 interpreted "Pcl commands" as text so when the "Print job" was sent it got preceeded by a "FF" anyway. The only way I was able to resolve this was to remove all form feeds from the print job (you can turn this off in D3), use footings in all reports (we already did anyway), and append a "FF" to the end of the footing (our footing text resides in a file). I don't yet know what solution exists for U2 but I'll soon find out. :-( Bill > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Sirulnick, Steve > Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 4:47 AM > To: 'u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org' > Subject: [U2] PCL extra page > > Does anyone know why I could be getting an extra page that > spits out at the > beginning of a print job? This only happens when I format > the print job > with PCL first. It's almost like a banner page with nothing on it. > > Regards, > > Steve Sirulnick > Costa Fruit & Produce > 18 Bunker Hill Industrial Park > Boston, MA 02129 > Office: 617.912.8045 > Fax: 617.912.8145 > http://www.freshideas.com/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
