How to Turn Off Banner Pages

1. Log in as superuser or lp on the print server.

2. Turn off banner printing by using the lpadmin command.

   lpadmin -p printer-name -o nobanner=never

   -p printer-name	Name of the printer for which you are making banner pages optional.
   -o nobanner=never	Disables banner page printing under all circumstances.

   The banner page setting is entered in the print server's /etc/lp/printers/printer-name/configuration file.

3. Verify the output from the following command contains the line Banner not printed.

   $ lpstat -p printer-name -l

4. Submit a print request to the printer to make sure a banner page does not print.

Example--Turning Off Printing Banner Pages

In the following example, the command disables printing banner pages on the printer luna.

# lpadmin -p luna -o nobanner=never