HP 970cxi prints a test page when i print anything

I'm running winxp pro build 2600. My hp 970cxi is connected through USB. Almost everytime i print something the printers prints a testpage also. I've looked at all the printer options, but i couldn't find anything to disable that.

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I'm running winxp pro build 2600. My hp 970cxi is connected through USB.
 
Almost everytime i print something the printers prints a testpage also. I've looked at all the printer options, but i couldn't find anything to disable that. I'm using the default winxp drivers.
 
Can anyone help me?
thanks

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Could it be that you have the banner feature enabled ?
 
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What's the banner feature?
 
I went through all my printer preferences and coulnd't find anything like that.

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It might be called separator page, look at
[printers] HP970- Properties - Advanced - Separator Page
--Should be empty
 
or...
 
[printers] HP970- Properties - Printing Preferences - enable banner printing
--Should be unticked
 
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