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Date:      Wed, 24 Jan 2001 11:52:39 -0600 (CST)
From:      Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
To:        David Banning <david@www3.pacific-pages.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: killing print command
Message-ID:  <14959.5735.796564.440118@guru.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <133558541@toto.iv>

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David Banning <david@www3.pacific-pages.com> types:
> I'll try "lpc clean all" next time, if that doesn't work,
> I'll unplug and re-plug the printer in.


"lpc abort all" is more likely to do what you want. Then do the clean.

	<mike

> 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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> > 
> > Subtlety is the art of saying what you think and getting out of the way before 
> > it is understood. 
> > 
> 
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