Bug 15532
| Summary: | Reboot just to kill a print job? | ||
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| Product: | Base System | Reporter: | Juergen Lock <nox> |
| Component: | kern | Assignee: | freebsd-bugs (Nobody) <bugs> |
| Status: | Closed FIXED | ||
| Severity: | Affects Only Me | ||
| Priority: | Normal | ||
| Version: | 3.3-STABLE | ||
| Hardware: | Any | ||
| OS: | Any | ||
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Description
Juergen Lock
1999-12-17 19:50:02 UTC
Also sprach Juergen Lock (nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de): > old :), killed the job and powecycled the printer (there's no other > way to reset it i believe), but when i then sent the job again the > printer only got garbage. so i had to hit offline again... Yes, that happens to me every time I get those problems. Also try booting the machine while the printer prints. The same result. If you reboot your Windows box while the printer prints, the print-job is completed at exactly this page where it stopped next boot. > only fix seemed to be a reboot. :/ (Or is there some way for a > device on the parallel port to indicate a reset/poweroff that this > printer just doesn't use?) I usually use a combination of lpc down all lpc disable all killall lpd switch of the printer restart lpd switch on the printer lpc up all lpc enable all Soemthink _like_ this usually fixes it. Alex On Sat, Dec 18, 1999 at 11:06:09AM +0100, Alexander Langer wrote: > Also sprach Juergen Lock (nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de): > > > old :), killed the job and powecycled the printer (there's no other > > way to reset it i believe), but when i then sent the job again the > > printer only got garbage. so i had to hit offline again... > > Yes, that happens to me every time I get those problems. Sounds like you get paper jam often? (What printer is that?) > Also try booting the machine while the printer prints. The same > result. > Oh. even if you reset the printer too? > If you reboot your Windows box while the printer prints, the print-job > is completed at exactly this page where it stopped next boot. Whow :) sounds like one thing that M$ did get right. (Well of course a unix box isn't supposed to be rebooted as often as you need to reboot a crashed wintendo box... Or like, `The mouse cursor has moved. Please reboot for the change to take effect.') > > > only fix seemed to be a reboot. :/ (Or is there some way for a > > device on the parallel port to indicate a reset/poweroff that this > > printer just doesn't use?) > > I usually use a combination of > lpc down all > lpc disable all > killall lpd > > switch of the printer > restart lpd > > switch on the printer > lpc up all > lpc enable all > > Soemthink _like_ this usually fixes it. Hmm. Does that also help when the filter still hangs blocking on the printer device like in my case, with no signal being able to kill it? Somehow i doubt it... Regards, -- Juergen Lock <nox.foo@jelal.kn-bremen.de> (remove dot foo from address to reply) Also sprach Juergen Lock (nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de): > > > old :), killed the job and powecycled the printer (there's no other > > > way to reset it i believe), but when i then sent the job again the > > > printer only got garbage. so i had to hit offline again... > > Yes, that happens to me every time I get those problems. > Sounds like you get paper jam often? (What printer is that?) HP Laserjet 4, but I sometimes use print to both pages, and if the page has been printed already ones paper jams occur often. It's the bad paper that makes these appear. > > Also try booting the machine while the printer prints. The same > > result. > Oh. even if you reset the printer too? Can't remember. > Hmm. Does that also help when the filter still hangs blocking on > the printer device like in my case, with no signal being able to > kill it? Somehow i doubt it... Yes, I doubt it, too. Alex On Sun, Dec 19, 1999 at 12:11:55PM +0100, Alexander Langer wrote: > Also sprach Juergen Lock (nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de): > > > > > old :), killed the job and powecycled the printer (there's no other > > > > way to reset it i believe), but when i then sent the job again the > > > > printer only got garbage. so i had to hit offline again... > > > Yes, that happens to me every time I get those problems. > > Sounds like you get paper jam often? (What printer is that?) > > HP Laserjet 4, but I sometimes use print to both pages, and if the > page has been printed already ones paper jams occur often. > It's the bad paper that makes these appear. > Ooh. Yes, feeding a laserprinter/photocopier its pages again to print on the other side often ends with paper jam. Somtimes waiting a while before the second pass helps if you do have to do this, to let the paper cool down... > > > Also try booting the machine while the printer prints. The same > > > result. > > Oh. even if you reset the printer too? > > Can't remember. > If that Laserjet 4 is the same/similar model than the one we have at work then reset is a two-button combination, no need to powercycle. Regards, -- Juergen Lock <nox.foo@jelal.kn-bremen.de> (remove dot foo from address to reply) State Changed From-To: open->closed Antique PR. |
