'   Third-party printer and blank pages?    The Question is:    > DIGITAL TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Alpha Version V4.2 - ECO 1 on a AlphaServer 1200 5/533 4MB  running OpenVMS V7.1-1H2   , I have a problem with a client, in printing.L They print out invoices thru an interactive program in which each invoice isH  its own print job. Every invoice is preceded by a blank page, using andN  therefore wasting preprinted invoice stationery. I have read your FAQ's about  this problem, however none o O f the solutions worked. I understand that TCP/IP services ver4.2 is the latest. ;  What is the significance of ECO 1? Is this the latest ECO? K I have made sure that the form and queue settings are correct, so as to not M  invite a page overflow problem (which would cause a blank page to follow the   invoice, anyway). Here are the settings:= Printer queue HKINV3, idle, on ACTIVE::"205.198.253.84:9100", # mounted form HKINV3 (stock=DEFAULT) > /AUTOSTART_ON=(ACTIVE::"205.198.253.84:9100") /BASE_PRIORITY=4B /DEFAULT=(FORM=HKINV3 (stock=DEFAULT)) /LIBRARY=HPDEVCTL Lowercase4 /OWNER=[1,4] /PROCESSOR=UCX$TELNETSYM /NO_INITIAL_FF0 /PROTECTION=(S:M,O:D,G:R,W:S) /SCHEDULE=(NOSIZE)   B Form name                            Number   ------   -----------+ HKINV3 (stock=DEFAULT)                  101 @ /LENGTH=50 /SETUP=(HKINVBOT) /STOCK=DEFAULT /TRUNCATE /WIDTH=132   G I have tried defining a new logical: ucx$telnetsym_suppress_formfeeds 1 > I have tried inserting <esc>]vms;2<esc>\ into the reset moduleL I have tried bracketing the existing PCL in the setup module with <esc>P and  <esc>\  This is the setup:P <esc>P<esc>E<esc>&l2A<esc>&l5H<esc>&l1O<esc>&l51P<esc>&l1E<esc>&l60U<esc>&l50F<e+ sc>&l7.72C<esc>(8U<esc>(s0P<esc>(s12H<esc>\    G Note: I have since taken out reference to the reset module. I have also H  included /default=nofeed and /no_initial_ff in the queue settings. ThisL  resulted in blank pages being preceded by an invoice, but the printer pulls$  from the plain paper tray, rather t han using stationery. L I have also noted, that, with the current settings, if I print out a file, 3O  times in quick succession, then only the first job is preceded by  blank page. K The printer itself does not appear to have any settings associated with the M  blank pages, and the same thing happens on another printer as well. Both are 
  HP5000's.O The spool files themselves do not have any formfeed or other control characters   to throw a new page. ' I appreciate any input on this problem.  Thanks.   The Answer is :   E   The OpenVMS Wizard is not particularly familiar with the particular 5   requirements and behaviour of third-party printers.    D   If what was posted in 1020 and 5271 and the related notes does notC   suffice, and your printer has current firmware, and this is not a F   Postscript printer, and you are on current revisions, please contact=   the Compaq Customer Support Center directly for assistance.    C   TCP/IP Services V5.0A with ECO is the current release, and is the @   recommended version for use on OpenVMS V7.1 and later.  TCP/IPC   Services V4.2 (with ECO) should now be used only on OpenVMS V6.2.    E   Please upgrade to V7.1-2 or V7.2-1 and apply current ECOs, and move    off of V7.1-1H2.   0  Answer written or last revised on  25-OCT-2000 