[ale] HOW2 stop printer after printing has begun ?

[Cy Kurtz]

Are you using CUPS? I have had this problem, though not with a dot
matrix printer. I have been able to stop a runaway printer by deleting
the printer in CUPS. I then add the same printer. I imagine that deletes
a buffer somewhere.

HTH

Cy Kurtz


On Sat, 2006-06-10 at 16:57 -0500, Courtney Thomas wrote:
> Mike,
> 
> I can turn the printer power off indefinitely and when it's repowered, 
> it starts printing where it left off. That's why I said I assume the 
> spooling is from ram.
> 
> Any other thoughts  :-)
> 
> Courtney
> 
> 
> Michael B. Trausch wrote:
> > On Sat, June 10 2006 11:27, Courtney Thomas wrote:
> > 
> >>Thanks.
> >>
> >>I find that lpq doesn't reveal the documents that are then currently
> >>being printed. What was formerly "in queue", I guess, is then waiting in
> >>ram, and doesn't show by "lpq", as what's being printed, so .....the
> >>printing continues for quite a while if several documents have been
> >>sent, which is, really, the reason for my original query.
> >>
> >>I should have also revealed that I use 'apsfilter' for printing.
> >>
> >>Cordially,
> >>Courtney
> >>
> > 
> > 
> > Ahh.  Well, yes, if the printer has memory (and I didn't figure it has 
> > _much_ since you were talking about a dot-matrix), then it is possible for 
> > the printer itself to queue documents.  If lpq shows nothing, you can 
> > follow Jim's posted solution and use that tunelp program to send a reset 
> > out, or you can just shut the power to the printer off and work on it, then 
> > bring it back on.
> > 
> > As long as there is nothing actively printing in the queue at the moment in 
> > time when you turn off the printer, you can have the computer queue up new 
> > things and it will start back up when the printer comes online.
> > 
> > You know, I thought I was the last person in the world to be using a 
> > dot-matrix printer... :)
> > 
> > 	- Mike
> > 
> > 
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