Description of problem: Can not get form feeding to work correctly in RHEL5u2. This is not fixed in the RHEL5u3 rebase of cups either. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): RHEL5u3+: cups-1.3.7* RHEL5u2-: cups-1.2.4* How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1) Add a text-only printer: lpadmin -p printer-text -E -v socket://<ipaddr>:9100 /usr/share/cups/model/textonly.ppd 2) Edit /etc/cups/ppd/printer-text 3a) replace *DefaultSendFF: False to *DefaultSendFF: True or 3b) system-config-printer, select printer, and apply SendFF on the printer options tab Actual results: Printer prints \14 Expected results: Send the form feed correctly to printer and not print \14 Additional info: The problems acutally seems to be with bash and with the textonly filter located /usr/lib/cups/filter/textonly. At the end of this file, you see the command "echo -ne \\14". This does not work correctly in RHEL5. When you run this command, \14 is printed. In RHEL3 and RHEL4, a blank line is given. To fix the issue, I had the customer remove the 14 and replace it with "014". Below is the patch for the fix. --- /usr/lib/cups/filter/textonly.orig 2008-10-20 16:23:43.000000000 -0400 +++ /usr/lib/cups/filter/textonly 2008-10-20 16:24:03.000000000 -0400 @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ while [ "$COPIES" -gt 0 ]; do if [ "$SENDFF" == "True" ] then - echo -ne \\14 + echo -ne \\014 fi COPIES=$(($COPIES - 1)) Also, echo -ne \\f works.
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An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2009-1360.html