Formfeed on Red Hat Linux 9.0

[GCC Consulting]

You could use "page" and the end of the form print routine to force a form feed.

Since you don't say how the print routine is running, if it is a system call
from input processing, try <page> at the end of the process table before
returning to the input process.

If it is a batch process from *report, try placing <page> at @done or 
	if: @rs=@ts			(records selected = total selected)
    then: page;END

This should make the process OS independent.

I assume that this is a dot matrix printer running continuous forms.  Most
modern dot matrix printers have a button which will advance the paper up enough
to tear off the printed material and then reset the top of the form to avoid
wasting paper.  You might want to check to see if this function is available.
Save 1 form for each print job.

Richard Kreiss
GCC Consulting 	

-----Original Message-----
From: filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com
[mailto:filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf Of Scott Walker
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 11:07 AM
To: Filepro_List
Subject: OT: Formfeed on Red Hat Linux 9.0

Customer used to use SCO and after a one page form printed, the paper would
automatically form feed past the next blank page.  This allowed the customer to
easily tear off the form that just printed without having to take the printer
off line, press form feed, and then put the printer back on line.  This extra
form feed came from the printer interface script.

Now we have moved to Red Hat Linux 9.0.  The one page form prints fine, but
there is no extra form feed to advanced the form to the tear off position.  Is
there something similar to the printer interface script in Red Hat 9.0 where I
can tell it to do an extra form feed after the print job?

Thanks,

Scott

Scott Walker
RAM Systems Corp.
PO Box 1778
Davidson, NC 28036
Ph: (704) 896-6549
Fx: (704) 896-7458
Email:  scottw1 at alltel.net 

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