Re: Get Rid of Messed Print Jobs

[Chris Lale <chrislale@untrammelled.co.uk>]

David Baron wrote:
> This is a problem we have all had, I think. Something goes wrong in a print 
> job, paper jam or whatever. Instead of the printout, one will now get raw 
> data numbers and stuff. So one turns off the printer and removes the job from 
> the queue. Problem is that as soon as the printer is turned on, the garbage 
> continues. Short of rebooting, there seems no way to stop the beast. 
> Restarting cupsd does not help.
> 
> Any ideas on how to get it cleaned out without a hard reboot?
> 
> 


Method 1
In your browser visit
	http://localhost:631/
	(localhost:631 works for me).
Click on the "Jobs" tab,  identify the job on the list of print jobs (probably
the last one) and click on the "Cancel" button.

Method 2
In Gnome, open the printer icon in the top panel.

(Alternatively, from the desktop menu:
Desktop -> Administration -> Printing -> Your-printer-icon (double-click).)

Identify the job on the list of print jobs, right-click on the job for the
context menu and click on "Cancel".

Hth,

-- 
Chris.