System Administration Guide: Printing

ProcedureHow to Make Banner Pages Optional by Using LP Print Commands

  1. Log in as superuser, lp, or assume an equivalent role on the print server.

  2. Make banner pages optional.


    # lpadmin -p printer-name -o banner=optional
    
    -p printer-name

    Specifies the name of the printer for which you are making banner pages optional.

    -o banner=optional

    Enables users to specify no banner page when they submit a print request.

  3. Verify that the banner page is optional. The command output contains the line Banner not required.


    # lpstat -p printer-name -l
    

Example 6–3 Making Banner Pages Optional

The following example shows how to make the banner page optional on the printer luna.


# lpadmin -p luna -o banner=optional