> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Mar 18 10:08:22 2003
> Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 17:23:30 +0000 (GMT)
> From: Toby Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: LPRng: terminating postscript jobs
>
> Hi all,
>
> What is the correct way to terminate a postscript job (i.e. tell the
> printer that it's definitely finished).
>
> We have had issues with jobs following on from each other, or on a
> locally attached HP2200, not printing until another job is sent. The
> postscript seems absolutely fine to me - it finishes with %%EOF. I
> have noted that I can send the UEL command <ESC>%-12345X after the
> postcript job and this seems to fix things.
>
> My question is, is this the correct way to do this, or is there a
> postscript command that I should use?
>
> Toby Blake
> University of Edinburgh
The (PJL) UEL command <ESC>%-12345X will force termination of the job,
and it should flush... Ummm... ahhh... well... not quite.
There are some printers that have a 'power save' feature that will wait
until you have sent a 'reasonable' number of pages OR you have not sent some
for some timeout period (usually 3 minutes). You send the job... wait...
nothing comes out... you curse... send the job again... and get two pages
printed.
This is very annoying.
Ummm... and it appears that it is almost impossible to change the timeout
without using the SNMP 'private MIB' for the printer.
sigh...
Patrick ("Good news: you have a new job and it pays well. Bad news:
you are on the help desk and doing printing support") Powell
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