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Re: Cancelling a Linux/QTR print job?

2003-11-21 by Roy Harrington

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "David Wroblewski" 
<dawroblewski@y...> wrote:
> Is there a way to abort a print on Linux/QTR once it has begun?
> 
> I started a 13x19 print today and misfed the paper, so I knew it 
> was a loss at once. I tried running the "cancel" command on the 
> print job, which reported success almost immediately, and the print
> job disappeared from the Print Manager window, but the print ran 
> to completion anyway (about 35 more minutes of printing!)
> 
> When I first issued the cancel command, about 5% of the print 
> had been produced yet--just about a half inch or maybe an inch 
> out of 15. 
> 
> -david


It's not much of a consolation but the same thing happens on the Mac.
Joe's idea of resetting the printer might be the best.

Roy

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