# AUTOFF

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**AUTOFF = <Boolean>**

(Unix only) This option (which defaults to off) may be turned on to have A-Shell itself take over the task of putting a trailing form feed on the end of a print file when required by your spooler switches. Note that in order for this to work, you must use a printer filter which never adds a trailing form feed. For SCO we supply one on our web site called **dumbnoff** (copy it to /usr/spool/lp/model). For most other Unix flavors, you can simply select a "dumb" or "null" printer filter (aka "driver" or "model"). 

AUTOFF can be used in conjunction with [STRIPFF](stripff.md)[pq](keyword-types.md) and [FORMFEED](formfeed.md)[pq](keyword-types.md) (which see) to reconcile different applications’ approaches to form feeds.