[ale] Man 7.2: printer won't stop

[Wandered Inn]

Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> 
> Funny; both you guys who responded mentioned Epson Stylus printers and
> darned if I wasn't dealing with an Epson Stylus Color IIs.  I went ahead and
> put a Canon BJ-230 (the first printer I ever owned; 6 years old and still
> works great) it its place.

As I noted before, I had similar problems with my Canon and actually
found the 'remove power' solution documented somewhere in the Canon
docs.  That printer has since passed on.

> 
> - Jeff
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: James Kinney [mailto:jkinney at localnetsolutions.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 9:24 AM
> > To: Wandered Inn
> > Cc: ale at ale.org
> > Subject: Re: [ale] Man 7.2: printer won't stop
> >
> >
> > 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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