Printing unwanted cover page

Each time a send a document to the printer, a "cover page" listing the
filename, directory, template, title...is printed and then the document
prints. If multiple copies are to be printed, each copy has a "cover page"
that is printed before the copy is printed. Printing 10 single page documents
takes 20 pieces of paper. How do I turn this option off, so that just the
document prints?

In article <A2FC054C-C3A7-42CE-9C8B-7182CD67C0D7@microsoft.com>,
Printing unwanted cover pages wrote:

> a "cover page" listing the*
> filename, directory, template, title...is printed

Have you checked out the Printer Properties? I can't speak for your
setup but Print a Coversheet is usually found there somewhere or in FAX
settings. I don't have an all-in-one so I can't be sure.

START / .... Control Panel / Printers and right mouse click on your
printer icon then select Properties and browse your way through all the
TABs...

Thanks for the suggestion. I tried all the options in properties and had no
luck. I think that it has something to do with Vista. I used the printer with
our other computer that had XP and the printer never printed a cover sheet.
Now that I am using a new laptop with Vista, a cover sheet prints with each
copy that is printed. It is a huge waste of ink and paper. I'll contnue to
read through all the options/properties to see if I can turn it off. If you
think of any other suggestions, I'd be happy to try them. Thanks!

"Hugh Wyn Griffith" wrote:

> In article <A2FC054C-C3A7-42CE-9C8B-7182CD67C0D7@microsoft.com>,
> Printing unwanted cover pages wrote:
>
> > a "cover page" listing the
> > filename, directory, template, title...is printed
>
> Have you checked out the Printer Properties? I can't speak for your
> setup but Print a Coversheet is usually found there somewhere or in FAX
> settings. I don't have an all-in-one so I can't be sure.
>
> START / .... Control Panel / Printers and right mouse click on your
> printer icon then select Properties and browse your way through all the
> TABs...
>
>

Many of the Xerox drivers have a cover page configuration within the driver
properties.

The Microsoft cover page is simple text. If the cover page is more complex,
it's probably coming from the driver.

You can enable Microsoft provided cover pages on the Advanced printer
properties to determine if this is the same one you are seeing. Separator
page. \windows\system32\pcl.sep for PCL devices. sysprint.sep for
postscript devices.

--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
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"printing unwanted cover pages"
<printingunwantedcoverpages@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:574B93BA-A33A-4224-A3D5-626C454ADC94@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for the suggestion. I tried all the options in properties and had
> no
> luck. I think that it has something to do with Vista. I used the printer
> with
> our other computer that had XP and the printer never printed a cover
> sheet.
> Now that I am using a new laptop with Vista, a cover sheet prints with
> each
> copy that is printed. It is a huge waste of ink and paper. I'll contnue to
> read through all the options/properties to see if I can turn it off. If
> you
> think of any other suggestions, I'd be happy to try them. Thanks!
>
> "Hugh Wyn Griffith" wrote:
>
>> In article <A2FC054C-C3A7-42CE-9C8B-7182CD67C0D7@microsoft.com>,
>> Printing unwanted cover pages wrote:
>>
>> > a "cover page" listing the
>> > filename, directory, template, title...is printed
>>
>> Have you checked out the Printer Properties? I can't speak for your
>> setup but Print a Coversheet is usually found there somewhere or in FAX
>> settings. I don't have an all-in-one so I can't be sure.
>>
>> START / .... Control Panel / Printers and right mouse click on your
>> printer icon then select Properties and browse your way through all the
>> TABs...
>>
>>

I see Alan has some suggestions.

However if your driver is the out of the box one then if it's like my
HP PS8250 all the Advanced TAB is grayed out.

I'm just downloading the full featured software and will see what
happens!

In article <VA.0000027e.00693a4b@unspam.tampabay.rr.com>, Hugh Wyn
Griffith wrote:

> However if your driver is the out of the box one then if it's like my*
> HP PS8250 all the Advanced TAB is grayed out.

I think I've just confirmed this. I found that HP now has a full
software pack for my PS8250 and managed to install it (another story)
but not if I look at the Advanced TAB of the Printer Properties all
options are available and not grayed out.

I'm among those who found that there was a corrupted file
C:\Windows\inf\INFCACHE.1

and deleting this populated my driver list in Add a Printer, but it also
stopped VISTA's New Hardware Found from blocking the installation of the
HP full driver and replacing the out of the box VISTA driver with it.