Robin Ballantine wrote:
>
> On Wednesday 08 August 2001 1:47 pm, you wrote:
> > Argh!
> >
> > I am running LM 7.2 with CUPS enabled.
> >
> > My printer somehow got confused and I powered it down and back on. But
> > the Linux box is sending it garbage (presumably because it is in the
> > middle of sending a file).
> >
> > I did an lprm, expecting that to clear everything. The status reports
> > say that the queue is empty, but as soon as I power up the printer, the
> > LEDs flash to indicate that it is receiving data from the computer, and
> > it goes back to printing rubbish.
> >
> > How do I REALLY empty the print queue???
> >
> > Doc Evans (drowning in a sea of nearly-blank sheets of paper)
> >
> >
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> I had the same problem on LM8.0 until I found you could configure it through
> your web browser at http://localhost:631
> Hope this works for you on 7.2
> Robin
Yea, that would be the "www cups admin tool" look for the "jobs" tab,
and see if that tells you anything about current jobs at the printer
queue. If you have the "kups" utility, you can do the same. You can
install the "kups" tool off your install CD or get the latest version
online a mandrake.
drjung
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