On Sunday 27 May 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > This is a problem we have all had, I think. Something goes wrong in a > > print job, paper jam or whatever. Instead of the printout, one will now > > get raw data numbers and stuff. So one turns off the printer and removes > > the job from the queue. Problem is that as soon as the printer is turned > > on, the garbage continues. Short of rebooting, there seems no way to stop > > the beast. Restarting cupsd does not help. > > > > Any ideas on how to get it cleaned out without a hard reboot? > > Method 1 > In your browser visit > http://localhost:631/ > (localhost:631 works for me). > Click on the "Jobs" tab, identify the job on the list of print jobs > (probably the last one) and click on the "Cancel" button. > > Method 2 > In Gnome, open the printer icon in the top panel. > > (Alternatively, from the desktop menu: > Desktop -> Administration -> Printing -> Your-printer-icon (double-click).) > > Identify the job on the list of print jobs, right-click on the job for the > context menu and click on "Cancel".
KDE has a printer jobs applet or one can go to the printer control applet and do all this. What is already on the pike just keeps on coming until reboot. Next time I will try the fuser -k /dev/lp0 (probably run as root). The printer itself has a clear buffer function for stuff that it has already swallowed.
