Re: [Ql-Users] stop printing

2008-12-16 Thread Paul Holmgren
Dilwyn Jones wrote: I accidentally started an enourmous SDUMP printout from QPC and can't stop it! I've used PAR_ABORT and PAR_CLEAR in QPC2 and tried deleting the print job in Windoze. No joy - it looks like Winodze will only stop it at the end of the print job. Closing down Windoze and switc

Re: [Ql-Users] stop printing

2008-12-16 Thread P Witte
Ahem, I should have mentioned that I dont reinsert the paper in the paper tray until this procedure terminates successfully, thus saving vast tracts of Finnish forest! Of course, obliterating the spooler files manually may shorten the time taken in some setups. ATB Per John Gilpin wrote: I

Re: [Ql-Users] stop printing

2008-12-16 Thread John Gilpin
I have found that the easiest way of cancelling a print job is to remove the paper. My printer (Epson Stylus D120) then reports "Paper not Loaded Properly" and gives the option to cancel the print job. This works immediately every time.{:-) This facility is not however available on my HP DeskJ

Re: [Ql-Users] stop printing

2008-12-16 Thread P Witte
The first thing I do is remove the paper from the input tray. Then cancel the print job in Windoze. Then switch the printer on and off until its print buffer has emptied. Eventually all parts of the chain error out or give up in exhaustion. The details depend on your OS version, printer and set

Re: [Ql-Users] stop printing

2008-12-16 Thread Dilwyn Jones
Except in my case, trying this failed to do anything. Every time I switched back on, more paper with one or two text characters on it. Seems (as Paul's email implied) you have to resort to stopping the Windoze spooler, then getting rid of any spooler files in the folder indicated in the script

Re: [Ql-Users] stop printing

2008-12-16 Thread Dilwyn Jones
- Original Message - From: "Paul Holmgren" To: Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 7:58 PM Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] stop printing Dilwyn Jones wrote: I accidentally started an enourmous SDUMP printout from QPC and can't stop it! Maybe try reading here?? http://www.tomshardware.com/

Re: [Ql-Users] stop printing

2008-12-16 Thread Paul Holmgren
Dilwyn Jones wrote: I accidentally started an enourmous SDUMP printout from QPC and can't stop it! I've used PAR_ABORT and PAR_CLEAR in QPC2 and tried deleting the print job in Windoze. No joy - it looks like Winodze will only stop it at the end of the print job. Closing down Windoze and switc

[Ql-Users] stop printing

2008-12-16 Thread Dilwyn Jones
I accidentally started an enourmous SDUMP printout from QPC and can't stop it! I've used PAR_ABORT and PAR_CLEAR in QPC2 and tried deleting the print job in Windoze. No joy - it looks like Winodze will only stop it at the end of the print job. Closing down Windoze and switching off the printer j

[Ql-Users] IMPORTANT WARNING to aspirant chairmen and others

2008-12-16 Thread Geoff Wicks
Quanta members will know that the last Quanta Magazine they have received was the June/July 2008. We have been promised an emergency August/September/October 2008 issue but this is now almost 2 months late. One consequence is that membership renewal forms will almost certainly be received by me