CUPS - No form feed with Epson and FC5

[Gordon Keehn]

Gerald B. Cox wrote:
> I been working through FC5 upgrade issues and just noticed another.
>
> I have an Epson Photo R300 Printer.  I noticed that when
> I print the CUPS test page, or print from an application such as GNUMERIC
> or ABIWORD, the page doesn't eject from the printer when done.  The 
> only way the page is ejected is I either turn the printer off then 
> back on, or if I start another print job.  If I start another print 
> job, the spacing for that next job is messed up.
>
> I did notice in properties for the print queue there is a setting for 
> "Send a FF" which wasn't checked.  I tried selecting that, but it 
> doesn't make any difference.
>
> If I print from within GIMP however, things appear to work normally.
>
> I didn't have a problem with FC4 - everything worked fine.
>
> Has anyone else noticed this?  Should I enter a bug report?
>
> Thanks!
>
    I saw this once with my Epson CX-5400, but I just recently installed 
FC5, and haven't had a chance to reproduce or verify the problem.
    Cheers,
Gordon Keehn