  Extra Formfeeds on (non-HP) Printer? 
 The Question is:
 
LN17+ Blank Page
We have an LN17+ps printer.  We are printing via a que with LATSYM to the
parallel port via a DEC 200 server. and the DEC serial/parallel LN17 module.
The LN17 is set to PCL mode. The page formatting is defined in a form, the
modules are in PCL 5 format.
We can modify the page and fonts etc with no problem, however when the form
is sent to the L N17, a blank page is always ejected, there are no printable
characters in the form.
A hex dump produced by the LN17 indicates that the que manager, or
something,  is adding a form feed at end of Form escape sequences.
How do we eliminate the blank page ???
 
 The Answer is:
 
  You have a non-trivial hardware configuration, with many different
  components involved in the path to the printer.
 
  The Wizard will assume that previous discussions (here in Ask the
  Wizard) of printers and formfeeds -- particularly around the
  resolution of the spurious formfeeds commonly encountered with HP
  Printers -- have been considered, and are not relevent.
 
  The usual connection for Postscript printers is via the DCPS package,
  not via LAT.
 
  Consider a test with the serial path, rather than via the DECserver
  250 (the DECserver 200 does not have a parallel port), to see if this
  is related to the path rather than the host.  Intercepting and
  interpreting the printer data is also somewhat easier on a serial
  line, particularly given a "breakout box" or similar tool.
 
  Also ensure that the "font tray size" (for PCL) or the "manual tray
  size" (for Postscript) displayed on the LN17 printer configuration
  page is set to the same size as the paper actually being used.
 
  Please contact the customer support center for assistance.  Expect
  to be asked for the relevent contents of the printer device control
  library, and for the print queue settings, and for the settings on
  the LAT host port and the DECserver 250.
