Using a Banner PageUNIX Printing Software Administration and Installation Guide 8/25/024-67Using a Banner PageA banner page is a lead sheet that can precede a print job. It contains usefulinformation that lets other users who are printing from the same print queue,determine the ownership of a print job. A banner page is also useful for dividing printjobs, in the event that multiple print jobs are in the output tray.A banner page contains the following information:• the login name of the user responsible for printing the print job.• the hostname of the computer from where the print job has originated.• the file name of the job that is printing. If the user is printing a book file, oranother type of file from where multiple documents are queued to printsimultaneously, only the name of the first file in the book will appear on thebanner page.• the UNIX system group of the user who printed the print job.• The time that the print job was submitted to the print queue.• The print queue name.Configuring a Banner PageIncluding a banner as part of your print job is optional. However, if you elect toinclude them as part of your print job, you have the option of printing them from thesame input tray as the actual print jobs, or from one that is specifically designated forthe banners.Tip:One way to help distinguish between banner pages and the actual print jobs is to havethe banner pages print from a paper tray containing colored paper.Banner Page OptionsA print queue has three options for banner pages. They are:• NoBannerSelect the “NoBanner” option if you do not want banners to precede your printjobs.• DefaultSelect the “Default” option if you want the banner page to print from the printer’sdefault tray.
