PPD EOJ string vs. banner pages (1.2rc1)

Michael Sweet mike at easysw.com
Thu Apr 6 18:21:01 PDT 2006


Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH wrote:
> If I enable banner pages on 1.2rc1, only the banner page prints.  If I turn on error pages on the printer, following the banner page is an error about "undefined in @PJL", and tracing the connection shows that indeed a PJL command (taken from the PPD "JLCEnd" definition) is sent immediately after the banner.
> 
>         0x0180:  2554 7261 696c 6572 0a25 2550 6167 6573  %Trailer.%%Pages
>         0x0190:  3a20 310a 2525 426f 756e 6469 6e67 426f  :.1.%%BoundingBo
>         0x01a0:  783a 2030 2030 2036 3132 2037 3836 0a25  x:.0.0.612.786.%
>         0x01b0:  2545 4f46 0a40 504a 4c20 454f 4a0a 4050  %EOF. at PJL.EOJ.@P
>         0x01c0:  4a4c 204c 504f 5254 524f 5441 5445 0a1b  JL.LPORTROTATE..
>         0x01d0:  252d 3132 3334 3558                      %-12345X
> 
> (The banner passes "cupstestdsc", and in fact I have replicated this with the stock "standard" banner as well as our custom one.)
> 
> The DSC file is taken from the Windows printer driver for the Dell W5300.
> 
> Where should I be looking to resolve this issue?

Well, if the JCLEnd command string in the PPD is not recognized by
the printer, you could try removing it, or just post that line from
the PPD file here...

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