[ale] HOW2 stop printer after printing has begun ?

[Courtney Thomas]

Thanks Cy, but no CUPS.
Courtney



Cy Kurtz wrote:
> 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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