4.OTHER PRINTING METHODS
162 Printing From UNIX/Linux
Text Length
The text length can be specified using the following options.
If the text length is set too high, part of the text may not appear due to the printer’s unprintable area. The text length
will be ignored if it is set to a value greater than the printer’s logical page length minus the top margin. The text length
is specified in rows from the top margin. Setting this value may affect the number of lines specified using the page
length option.
If this option is not specified, the command will not be sent so the printer’s default value will be used.
Example: The command to set the text length to 40 lines is “lp -o tl=40 <filename>”.
Banner Page
A banner page is automatically generated for each file in each job. The banner page is always sent as a PCL5e job,
including the following items.
Name of the user who performed printing
Job ID number and workstation name from which the job was sent
Job title (This can be specified using the “-t” option. The same title controlled by the “lp” command is normally
applied to each job.)
Option specified when printing was performed
Number of printed sheets
Name of the printer and its IP address
Date and time
Only one copy of the banner page is printed for each file, even if a number of copies of the job are requested. The
banner page is sent to the equipment as a separate sub-job so that it is never stapled to the document.
The banner page is printed with the following settings.
Copies = 1.
Stapling off.
Hole punching off.
Orientation = portrait.
Duplex off.
Paper size as requested by the “-o” parameter or the printer’s default value.
The paper source and the media type for the banner page can be set to different values than the job’s paper source
and media type.
Auto paper source selection or the requested banner page source or media type.
Output bin as requested by the “-o” parameter or the printer default value.
6 lines per inch
Auto-wrap on.
Automatic carriage-return when a line-feed is sent.
Option Value Alternate Value Description
tl=value Set the length to value lines.
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