Very Computer

>I then did a cancel on the print-job id -- BUT, again
>probably stupidly, it didn't come back to a prompt, so
>after a couple of minutes, I hit ^C.

>Hooray, I now have a (shell) prompt.  (but I may have
>screwed myself?)

>Tried an "lp t.foo", tiny ascii-text file, nothing happened
>(yes, I'd replaced the paper by now).

>A few more cancels, etc, no good result, no output from
>hp laserjet.

>Since I'm on sunservice, I called them, got a newbie

>   <aside>
>   What's with sunservice?  The waiting time, sitting on
>   the phone listening to admittedly-nice music, was approaching
>   what I hear about MS!
>   </aside>

>who after asking some people for help, sent me these instructions:

>> ***************************************************************************
>> 1. Stop the printer daemon from running (/usr/lib/lpshut or
>> /etc/init.d/lp stop)

>> 2. (a) For a local printer:
>>     Manually remove any entries from the /var/spool/lp directory
>>      (1 file in /var/spool/lp/tmp/system-name
>>   and 1 file in /var/spool/lp/requests/system-name
>>       ).

>>  (b_ For a remote printer, the directories of interest are the
>> /var/spool/lp/tmp/system-name (which contains two files) and the
>> /var/spool/lp/requests/system name contains another file.

>> 3. Re-start the printer daemon (either /usr/lib/lpsched or
>> /etc/init.d/lp start)
>> **************************************************************************

>I have now done all that.

>However, until I again by-hand empty the paper-tray,
>I'm *still* getting those same 1-line-of-garbage per page
>wasted-paper.

>QUESTION: who knows *how much* still reamains queued-up --
>this is my first (and hopefully last) time sending a .pdf
>file to my printer!   How to totally get rid of all
>that stuff -- hopefully without having to open up my blade100
>and physically pull it all out, hand over hand, like some
>hugely long eel!

>Suggestions?

>Thanks!

>David

>> I stupidly tried to lp a .pfd instead of its .ps; pile of paper
>> with one line of garbage per page, til I noticed it and
>> empied the paper-tray to stop at least wasting the paper.

>> I then did a cancel on the print-job id -- BUT, again
>> probably stupidly, it didn't come back to a prompt, so
>> after a couple of minutes, I hit ^C.

>> Hooray, I now have a (shell) prompt.  (but I may have screwed myself?)

>> Tried an "lp t.foo", tiny ascii-text file, nothing happened
>> (yes, I'd replaced the paper by now).

>> A few more cancels, etc, no good result, no output from
>> hp laserjet.

>> Since I'm on sunservice, I called them, got a newbie

>>   <aside>
>>   What's with sunservice?  The waiting time, sitting on
>>   the phone listening to admittedly-nice music, was approaching
>>   what I hear about MS!
>>   </aside>

>> who after asking some people for help, sent me these instructions:

>>> ***************************************************************************

>>> 1. Stop the printer daemon from running (/usr/lib/lpshut or
>>> /etc/init.d/lp stop)

>>> 2. (a) For a local printer:     Manually remove any entries from the
>>> /var/spool/lp directory      (1 file in /var/spool/lp/tmp/system-name
>>>   and 1 file in /var/spool/lp/requests/system-name
>>>       ).
>>>  (b_ For a remote printer, the directories of interest are the
>>> /var/spool/lp/tmp/system-name (which contains two files) and the
>>> /var/spool/lp/requests/system name contains another file.

SNIP

>>> who after asking some people for help, sent me these instructions:

>>>> ***************************************************************************

>>>> 1. Stop the printer daemon from running (/usr/lib/lpshut or
>>>> /etc/init.d/lp stop)

>>>> 2. (a) For a local printer:     Manually remove any entries from the
>>>> /var/spool/lp directory      (1 file in /var/spool/lp/tmp/system-name
>>>>   and 1 file in /var/spool/lp/requests/system-name
>>>>       ).
>>>>  (b_ For a remote printer, the directories of interest are the
>>>> /var/spool/lp/tmp/system-name (which contains two files) and the
>>>> /var/spool/lp/requests/system name contains another file.

>As of Solaris 2.6, this is incorrect and will have no effect as remote
>printers use /var/spool/print.

>>  ***************************************************************************
>>  1. Stop the printer daemon from running (/usr/lib/lpshut or
>>  /etc/init.d/lp stop)

>>  2. (a) For a local printer:
>>      Manually remove any entries from the /var/spool/lp directory
>>       (1 file in /var/spool/lp/tmp/system-name
>>    and 1 file in /var/spool/lp/requests/system-name
>>        ).

>>   (b_ For a remote printer, the directories of interest are the
>>  /var/spool/lp/tmp/system-name (which contains two files) and the
>>  /var/spool/lp/requests/system name contains another file.

>>  3. Re-start the printer daemon (either /usr/lib/lpsched or
>>  /etc/init.d/lp start)
>>  **************************************************************************

> SNIP

>>>>who after asking some people for help, sent me these instructions:

>>>>>***************************************************************************

>>>>>1. Stop the printer daemon from running (/usr/lib/lpshut or
>>>>>/etc/init.d/lp stop)

>>>>>2. (a) For a local printer:     Manually remove any entries from the
>>>>>/var/spool/lp directory      (1 file in /var/spool/lp/tmp/system-name
>>>>>  and 1 file in /var/spool/lp/requests/system-name
>>>>>      ).
>>>>> (b_ For a remote printer, the directories of interest are the
>>>>>/var/spool/lp/tmp/system-name (which contains two files) and the
>>>>>/var/spool/lp/requests/system name contains another file.

>>As of Solaris 2.6, this is incorrect and will have no effect as remote
>>printers use /var/spool/print.

> OK -- although this is a LOCAL printer.