[ale] Man 7.2: printer won't stop

[James Kinney]

With my Epson stylus640, I have to unplug the parallel cable for about 30
seconds to lose a broken print job. Apparently, the IEEE1284 connection
allows for a power trickle that keeps a print job alive.

At some point, I should try just bouncing the parallel-port module(s) to
try and kill a postscript->ascii_garbage print job. If that works, it will
be a _welcome_ addition to the tool box! We often have problems with
adding paper to a long print job and having the job recover and continue
correctly.

On Thu, 12 Apr 2001, Wandered Inn wrote:

> Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> >
> > I'm trying to stop a screwed-up print job.  Power-cylcing printer won't
> > stop it, I killed the job in CUPS, still it prints junk.  What can I do
> > to make the printer die?
>
> I've had this problem before and the resolution that worked for me is:
>
> kill the job (which you did)
> turn the printer off (which you did)
> remove power from the printer, and leave it for a few minutes without
> power.
>
> Many printers have memory and will retain print data.  If you remove the
> power, it will lose what's in memory.
>
> Other's may have a better solution, but this works for me with my Epson
> Stylus and worked with a previous Canon printer.  As a matter of fact,
> the Canon docs actually provided this solution.
>
> >
> > - Jeff
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