Steve Philp wrote:
>
> Karen Heiby wrote:
> >
> > Check your manual or tech support for your printer. Some printers clear
> > out their buffered jobs by pressing a button. I had a printer once that
> > would clear a job if I held down the paper-advance button for a few
> > seconds. Good luck, I'm dealing with the same problem right now,
> > however at least my printer stops when I turn it off and on again.
>
> Let me guess, the print jobs still show in the queue? Stopping a print
> job should be done using lprm, not with the power button.
[snip}
Nu-uh. I DO delete it from the queue with lprm and the job number and
it tells me it's dequeued. But the printer keeps finishing up some of
the job, what is left in the printer's own memory. It does this whether
or not you delete the job from the queue--it will print what it has left
in its own memory. That's when I have to use a button such as the power
button.
> > David van Balen wrote:
> > >
> > > lprm job#
> > > where job# can be obtained with lpq
> > >
> > > If this is what you are doing, then the printer may be printing buffered
> > > data over which the OS has no control... other than that, I don't know.
> > >
> > > DvB
> > >
> > > On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, Dennis Robertson wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello All,
> > > >
> > > > Now that I have got my printer working thanks to Steve I would like to
> > > > know how to stop it. In Windows you can abort print jobs while they are
> > > > running, but can this be done in Mandrake 6.1?
> > > >
> > > > I have been into printer queue while print jobs are running (as root)
> > > > and tried to remove the job from the queue. I am asked are you sure?
> > > > and on responding yes nothing happens and printing continues. I have
> > > > switched the printer off but it cranks up the same job when restarted.
> > > >
> > > > I am very pleased to be able to print but does anyone know how to stop
> > > > it mid-process?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.
> > > > --
> > > > Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA
> > > > Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.
> > > >
> > > >
>
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> Steve Philp
> Network Administrator
> Advance Packaging Corporation
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
