[Techtalk] lpr prints a blank page at end

Gayathri Swaminathan gayathri.swa at gmail.com
Sat Apr 24 17:11:39 UTC 2010


On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 8:40 AM, Anne Wainwright
<anotheranne at fables.co.za>wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I frequently print a small text file thus.
>
> $ lpr myfile.txt
>
> and always get a blank sheet following.
>
> $ lpoptions -o jobsheets=none
>
> has been set.
>
> lp also does the same.
>
> This must be such a silly little thing. One liner help please.
>
>
Hiya Anne,

Does this work?

$lp -d <printername> -o joboptions=none <filename>

Thanks!
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