> -----Original Message-----
> From:  F. Alfredo Rego
> At 17:35 -0700 5/27/04, Vance, Jeff H (Cupertino) wrote:
> >1. "Network printing to work with non-HP printers [...]
> >No device status checking and [...] handling of CCTL 
> information would be done. The customer would be responsible for ending each 
> of the spool files with a form feed command to flush the last page. 
[...]
> 
> Why "The customer would be responsible for ending each of the spool
> files with a form feed command to flush the last page"?
> 
> How about something like "end_with_form_feed = [true/false]" in
> NPCONFIG.PUB.SYS"?

Is it *really* that difficult to inspect the last charater(s) of the spool file to see whether or not it was CHR$(12) [form-feed] or the PCL equivalent?  [and then of course, add the ASCII form-feed char, at the very least, if such wasn't found?]  

Actaully, even blindly adding a FF would be ok -- it might "waste paper", but I would think a "wasted page" would be preferrable to starting "the next report" in the middle of the last page of the previous report...  [but then, should you add a second FF in case you happen to be printing double-sided...?]

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