[PLUG] Help !!

Paul Heinlein heinlein at attbi.com
Wed Apr 17 15:56:59 UTC 2002


On Tue, 16 Apr 2002, Dirk & Karen wrote:

> My Canon BJC 4000 printer has gone insane! It won't stop printing
> ASCII characters! It using reams of paper and gallons of ink. I feel
> like the Mad Sci whose lost control of his monster. I'm sure I
> created it with some innocent print order, but what order I don't
> know. No GUI will stop its mad progression to chaos. No removal of
> Job, no removal of printer, no understanding by befuddled Linuxite.
> Please send help as disaster looms. Dirk

This is what I'd try:

1. Power off the printer, or disconnect its cable

2. Run 'lprm -a all'

3. Run 'lpc kill'

Then see what happens.

--Paul Heinlein <heinlein at attbi.com>






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