Mounting a form
Before the print service starts printing files that need a preprinted form, you must mount the form on a printer.
If alerting has been set on a form, you will be alerted when enough print requests are queued waiting for the form to be mounted (see Mount forms and font cartridge alerts for information on alerting). Mounting a form involves loading it onto the printer and then informing the print service that it is mounted. It is sound practice to disable the printer first.
Until you have mounted a form on a printer, only print requests that do not require the form will be sent to the printer.
Use the following procedure to inform the print service that the form is mounted:
If an alignment pattern has been registered with the form, you can ask that this be repeatedly printed after you have mounted the form, until you have adjusted the printer so that the alignment pattern looks correct.
The -o filebreak option tells the print service to add a form feed after each copy of the alignment pattern, if there is one. You must press the return key before each copy of the alignment pattern is printed.
The actual control sequence used for the form feed depends on the printer involved and is obtained from the terminfo database. If the alignment pattern already includes a form feed, omit the -o filebreak option.