How to print a blank page

miragej · 04-16-2009, 01:35 PM

Hey guys, I recently set up CUPS on my debian server to allow me to print from a few windows and linux machines I have on my home network. I was wondering whether or not there is a way to feed a blank page through the printer before each job. For example, if I printed a MS Word doc from a windows machine, the printer would feed a blank page through, and then start printing the document.

Any help or advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Josh.

MensaWater · 04-17-2009, 10:04 AM

That would be contrary to today's "green initiatives". Why kill trees for blank pages?

If you really do want to kill trees you should look at sending a banner page with each print job.

Many people are actually eliminating this kind of waste to save paper (and as a side effect money).

grepmasterd · 04-17-2009, 12:31 PM

blank changes are fully reusable

cloud9repo · 04-17-2009, 05:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by miragej

Hey guys, I recently set up CUPS on my debian server to allow me to print from a few windows and linux machines I have on my home network. I was wondering whether or not there is a way to feed a blank page through the printer before each job. For example, if I printed a MS Word doc from a windows machine, the printer would feed a blank page through, and then start printing the document.

Any help or advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Josh.

Press the cancel, as job begins.
Form feeds aren't allowed much, as people "flood' the office. Old Haha.

miragej · 04-18-2009, 02:38 AM

Hmm okay, thanks for the info.