Paul:
While by far am I the Linux expert, I would say that you experience some
kind of buffer over run or something in your printer. Before killing the
spool, I would turn the printer offline, then power it off to clear the
buffer. Then, kill all the jobs, reset the spooler, etc, and fire the
printer back up to see what happens.
Hope this helps.
IRoKd
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 11:08 AM
Subject: [newbie] When the printer goes mad
> Hi everyone,
>
> perhaps this is too simple, but it stumps me.
> I accidentally sent a wrong print to the printer, and it went nuts
> printing all kinds of garbage without end.
>
> I could not find any way to stop this but to reboot the entire system (how
> low can one go)...
>
> Is there another way to reset the spooler, easier (and faster) than what I
> did? After cancelling the print job, the printer kept going and going.
> There must be a better way, but I rarely use the printer so I don't know.
>
> A tip would be welcome :)
>
> Paul
>
> --
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> And it isn't a train.
>
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