printer help needed

[norman]

On Sat, 2007-10-06 at 17:07 +0100, R Kimber wrote:
> After a failed file-printing in which a something seemed to get confused
> between postscript and whatever format normally gets sent to my
> Deskjet printer (pcl?) I deleted the printer queue, I turned off my
> printer, I restarted cupsys, yet when turn on my printer again it
> insists on endlessly ejecting pages with small amount of gobbledegook
> printed in them.
> 
> The Windows solution would be to log out, and/or reboot the machine.
> 
> What is the Ubuntu linux solution?
> 
> Presumably there is a buffer somewhere that is feeding the printer in
> this unwanted manner?  How do I clear it?

Have you an icon of a printer in the top panel? If so, select it, edit
and delete print queue.

Norman