Re: How to flush lpstat pipe after canceling print?

On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 10:00:53 -0700
Josef Lowder <joe@actionline.com> wrote:

>
> This is a small, but very annoying problem ...
>
> Sometimes I mistakenly send a large file to print,
> so I use 'lpstat' to get the file print number, and then
> use cancel Printer-nnnn to cancel the unwanted file.
>
> But even after doing that, when I subsequently turn on
> the printer, I get one or two pages of garbage printing.
>
> Is there any way to flush out the pipe after canceling
> a print request, so I don't get those annoying garbage-
> print pages?

Run lpq to see if there is anything in the que and lprm <n> to remove it. n being the job number. If something is still in the printer's RAM after turning the printer off and on try waiting 30 seconds before turning the printer back on.

Dennisk
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