jens:
have you tried
$ lpc status all
lp0:
queuing is enabled
printing is enabled
1 entry in spool area
sending to 15.16.129.10
assuming your printer is "connected" to lp0, you should see something like
this. (if you've more printer queues, they will also be printed.
you can see what jobs are ready with lpq:
$ lpq
rl76065.cup.hp.com: Warning: lp is down: printing disabled
rl76065.cup.hp.com: Warning: lp queue is turned off
rl76065.cup.hp.com: Warning: no daemon present
Rank Owner Job Files Total Size
1st root 762 Makefile 12856 bytes
to kill this job, use lprm -Pprinter job# user
$ lprm -P lp0 762 root
dfA762rl76065.cup.hp.com dequeued
cfA762rl76065.cup.hp.com dequeued
you may want to clean up the queue with lpc if "lpc status" shows some
lingering stuff
$ lpc clean lp0
lp0:
$ lpc abort lp0
lp0:
printing disabled
no daemon to abort
$ lpc restart lp0
lp0:
no daemon to abort
lp0:
daemon started
$ lpc enable lp0
lp0:
queuing enabled
$ lpc up lp0
lp0:
printing enabled
daemon started
$ lpc status lp0
lp0:
queuing is enabled
printing is enabled
no entries
no daemon present
while this may appear overkill, i have found this is what will retrun a
printer back to "life"
On Tuesday 28 August 2001 14:04, Jens-D. Neppe wrote:
> I've got a problem with my printer spooler. Well the fact is, that I
> disturbed my printer during printing via disconnecting the power supply.
> Now my System does not get the printer to work. Printing jobs are just
> spooled, not printed. And when I remove a job that's not printed, "gs"\>
> nearly takes 100% of CPU. Everything worked fine before. I use lprng and my
> printer is an Epson stcolor440.
> Can you help me?
> Thanx,
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