On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Thomas H. George <li...@tomgeorge.info> wrote: > Occasionally something in a .ps document fails to translate (gs?) into a > printable document and my printers then spit out hundreds of pages each > containing one line of jibberish. > > It does no good to clear the print queue, to turn the printer on and off > or even to re-boot the system. After all this the printer error light > keeps blinking and, if more paper is inserted, the printer resumes > printing pages each containing one line of jibberish. > > I suppose the printer's memory is filled with instructions that cause > this and any command, if it exists, might be specific the make/brand of > the printer. I have encounter the problem with my Brother HL-730 laser > printer and my HP Deskjet 940c. > ...
Sounds like the printer continues to print even after power cycling with the USB cable disconnected. You didn't tell us which make and model this is, but a basic reset for many recent HP inkjet printers is to disconnect both ends of the power cable and wait one minute. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org