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Hi all,

I set up printing to my network printer using the method detailed
in the Solaris Printing guide on docs.sun.com (including the step
that adds the filters in /etc/lp/fd. Printing works like a charm
except that when I print a plain ASCII document (say /etc/passwd)
each page has a border. No matter what I try, I can't get rid of
the damned border!

Here are the commands I used to set up this local network printer
called "optra", whose hostname is "laser1":

# lpadmin -p optra -v /dev/null
# lpadmin -p optra -m netstandard_foomatic
# lpadmin -p optra -o dest=laser1:9100
# lpadmin -p optra -I postscript
# lpadmin -p optra -n /usr/share/ppd/SUNWfoomatic/Lexmark/Lexmark-Optra_S_1250-Postscript.ppd.gz
# lpadmin -p optra -D "Optra S 1255N"
# cd /etc/lp/fd
# for i in *.fd; do
> name=`basename $i .fd`
> lpfilter -f $name -F $i
> done
# accept optra
# enable optra
# lpstat -p optra
printer optra idle. enabled since Sun Feb 24 16:26:29 2008. available.
# lp -d optra /etc/passwd

I've tried just about everything I can think of--even editing the
a2ps command line in /usr/lib/lp/bin/foomatic-rip. I added the
option "--borders=no" to the line that starts "my $fileconverter"
and tried again, but no luck. Google shows a few people having
the same problem, but no answer.

Any help greatfully received; surely printing an ASCII file without
a border shouldn't be this difficult!

Many TIA,

--
Rich Teer, SCSA, SCNA, SCSECA, OGB member

CEO,
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