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Date:      Wed, 24 Jan 2001 11:07:28 -0500
From:      David Banning <david@www3.pacific-pages.com>
To:        Corvette <wash@iconnect.co.ke>
Cc:        Tony Wells <awells@journalstar.com>, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: killing print command
Message-ID:  <20010124110728.A35011@www3.pacific-pages.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010124113543.K46467@poeza.iconnect.co.ke>; from wash@iconnect.co.ke on Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 11:35:43AM %2B0300
References:  <200101231646.LAA15027@d.tracker> <3A6DBD54.70F41BD0@journalstar.com> <20010124113543.K46467@poeza.iconnect.co.ke>

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Thanks for the response.

I'll try "lpc clean all" next time, if that doesn't work,
I'll unplug and re-plug the printer in.



On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 11:35:43AM +0300, Corvette wrote:
> * Tony Wells <awells@journalstar.com> [20010123 20:21]: writing on the subject 'Re: killing print command'
> Tony> I'm guessing it's buffer memory in the printer that keeps re-issuing
> Tony> the job.  Turning off the printer from the switch might not do the
> Tony> trick, try unplugging it so the printer actually loses power.
> Tony> 
> Tony> David Banning wrote:
> Tony> > 
> Tony> > I have printed something.  Now I don't want it to print.
> Tony> > There is nothing listed with "lpq"
> Tony> > There is no print job number to issue with "lprm"
> Tony> > I keep turning my printer off.  When it resets, it starts printing again.
> Tony> > 
> Tony> > There must be some kind of buffer in the computer memory, behind the scenes
> Tony> > feeding this stuff to the printer.
> Tony> > 
> Tony> > Any way to just kill it?
> 
> man lpc 
> 
> Or try flushing the printer memory by sending another print job,
> like echo "TEST TEST TERSE" | lpr and see if that shows with lpq
> Better still unplug the printer from the computer, power it down
> then plug back again.
> 
>  
> -Wash
> 
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