The same thing has happened again, this time caused by the printer running out of toner partway through a big job. So I have done an lprm. I have used the web interface and told the printer to STOP. I have cycled power on the printer. I have told the admin interface to REJECT all jobs. And still I am getting nearly-blank pieces of paper as soon as I turn the printer back on. I'll ask the same question I asked before: How do I REALLY empty the print queue??? I know it can't be hard! Presumably at worst all I need to do is to kill a job and delete a file. But which job and which file? I tried killing a job last time, and although it did the trick, it also required a reboot. And I hate rebooting Linux -- it seems so defeatist. Doc Evans ----- On 8 Aug 01, at 14:14, J. C. Woods wrote: > 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) > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Phone: +1 303 494 0394 > > > Mobile: +1 720 839 8462 > > > Fax: +1 781 240 0527 > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > 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 > -- > J. Craig Woods > UNIX SA > > -Art is the illusion of spontaneity- -------------------------------------------------------------- Phone: +1 303 494 0394 Mobile: +1 720 839 8462 Fax: +1 781 240 0527 --------------------------------------------------------------
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