Re: [aclug-L] killing print jobs

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

First:

lpq

This shows you what jobs are going.

Then:

lprm pid

Where pid is the print job ID from lpq.

Note that it may also be useful to reset the printer if it's got
anything left in its buffer.

phrostie <phrostie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

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> how do you kill a print job
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> i'm trying to set up WP8(did the DL thing)
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> and i'm having trouble setting up the printer.
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> i don't want to waste 50 pages of paper with
> 
> it printing garbage.
> 
> thank you
> 
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