You need to remove the jobs from the printer queue. I use lprng, not cups
so the syntax may not be identical. In a terminal window, input lpq or if
you want more information lpq -v. This will tell you what is queued. Then,
input lprm - to remove all jobs for that particular account. If there are
other jobs queued on the spool for other accounts, then login as root and
input lprm - to remove all jobs.
Smitty
On Sunday 02 September 2001 22:44, you wrote:
> I accidentally sent a huge picture to my printer via a driver I
> knew was set up wrong but had not gotten around to fixing yet.
> Okay ... my boo boo. I was printing a copy of the internet :-)
> and couldn't be bothered just then.
>
> I have cleaned out every print cache I can find (CUPS and the
> KDE printer utility) ... the print qeues I can find are empty.
> Still ... the results I am getting tell me there must be a live
> cache somewhere.
>
> I turned of the printer, disconnected the signal cable,
> unplugged the power and let it sit overnight. This, I think,
> should purge the internal ram on the printer. Sure enough, I
> plugged the power back in this morning, flipped the on-off
> switch on the printer and it did its little warm up thing and
> then waited ... until I plugged the signal cable back in.
>
> Then it started spitting out endless fresh pages of garbage (and
> wasting my ink in the process!)
>
> Okay ... where is that data hiding? I want to purge without
> turning the computer off.
>
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