The print job from hell... :(

[Brian]

On 09/28/2017 12:35 PM, Colin Law wrote:
> On 28 September 2017 at 17:15, Brian <brian at patandbrian.org> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> My wife's PC (running Debian Wheezy) has our Laserjet attached, and I
>> can access it from my PC (running Ubuntu 16 LTS) as a shared printer.
>>
>> I printed a PDF yesterday, but now every time we turn the printer on,
>> it starts printing that same PDF again!
>>
>> I've looked at the print queue on my PC - it's empty. I've looked at
>> the print queue on Pat's PC, it's also empty. I've tried switching the
>> printer off, I've tried cancelling the job on the front panel of the
>> Laserjet. NONE of these things work. Each time we switch the printer
>> on, the damned job starts printing again!
>>
>> Can anybody tell me how/where to nuke it and so make the printer
>> usable again?
> 
> First I suggest disconnecting the printer from the network and
> powering it up. If it still tries to print then the issue is within
> the printer. If it does not print, but tries again when you connect
> the network then it is one of the PCs doing it. Once you know which
> (and which PC) then the problem will at least be clearer.
> 

OK, so it's at least the Wheezy box that's causing the problem - the
printer on its own causes no problem, but reconnecting it to Pat's PC
with mine switched off starts the print job again. That doesn't
eliminate my PC, but it does mean I need to find where it lives on the
Wheezy box and kill it off there.

Brian.