7 Printing from UNIX
358 Printing from an Application
— Banner Media Type
The banner page paper source can also be selected using the media type using the following
option.
The paper size always has priority over the media type and the paper source.
If this option is not specified the command will not be sent so the printer’s default value will be
used to print the banner page.
The command to specify that the banner page should print on a colored media type is
“lp -o bmtype=Plain1 filename”.
Option Value
Alternate
Value
Description
bmtype=Plain1 The paper source that contains Plain1 paper is
requested.
bmtype=
Transparency
The paper source that contains transparency slides is
requested.
bmtype=Thick1 The paper source that contains Thick1 paper is
requested.
bmtype=Thick2 The paper source that contains Thich2 paper is
requested.
bmtype=Thick3 The paper source that contains Thich3 paper is
requested.
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