Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 12:11:48 +1200 From: William James Irwin <wji@ihug.co.nz> To: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Can't flush printer Message-ID: <37BDEEC4.5B545B02@ihug.co.nz>
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Hi A quick question: My printing system consists of lpd and apsfilter. I tried to cancel a print job with lprm. The job was dequed but the printer continued printing. Assuming the job was still in the printer's buffer, I turned the printer off. However when I turned the printer back on it was still printing. To rule out lpd I killed the lpd daemon, the printer was still printing. I then suspected the parallel port driver. I tried '> /dev/lpt0' I got a 'device busy' error. As a last resort I was fiddling with lptcontrol which only returns 'open: device busy' messages. So the printer is still printing and I have no idea how to stop it short of letting it finish (not an option) or rebooting the machine. So what gives? Thanks for your time Regards, -- William James Irwin wji@ihug.co.nz wirw002@cs.auckland.ac.nz To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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