Re: [LI] I can't stop my printer!

["Bilal Muddassir" <noorh@xxxxxxx>]

lpq tells you the queued print jobs
lprm from root would kill every job

----- Original Message -----
From: Rajeev B.S.Rao <rajeevr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <linux-india@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 25, 1999 7:08 PM
Subject: [LI] I can't stop my printer!


> Hello,
>    I've made a mistake and I'm unable to rectify it. Please reply as soon
> as possible.
>
>    Well choosing a printer, to setup my epson stylus 400, I chose the
> wrong printer in printtool. When I clicked on postscript test, the printer
> started printing junk. I tried to stop it, but when I loaded the Printer
> Que program (from KDE) no print job was listed. I had no choice but to
> switch off my printer. Now everytime I load linux, and the printer is on,
> it takes in paper, and starts printing junk.(It starts as soon as the xdm,
> starts up. What's worse is that I cannot use the printer for any other job
> in linux. How do I stop it?
>
> Rajeev
>
>
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