printer help needed

[R Kimber]

On Sat, 6 Oct 2007 17:07:19 +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?

The solution was that I had to delete the printer itself and configure a
new one.  Re-booting didn't work.

- Richard
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Richard Kimber
http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/