Getting rid of broken print jobs (Debian using CUPS)

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Chris Lale
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Revision 1.0 27 May 2007 Revised by Chris Lale
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Revision 1.1 27th November 2007 Revised by Chris Lale
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Abstract

What to do when something goes wrong in a print job: paper jam, wrong pages, etc.


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1 Method 1: Browser

In your browser visit

http://localhost:631/

(localhost:631 works for me). Click on the "Jobs" tab, identify the job on the list of print jobs (probably the last one) and click on the "Cancel" button.

2 Method 2: Gnome

In Gnome, open the printer icon in the top panel.

Alternatively, from the desktop menu:

Desktop -> Administration -> Printing -> Your-printer-icon (double-click)

Identify the job on the list of print jobs, right-click on the job for the context menu and click on "Cancel".

3 Method 3: command line

To terminate all processes still using the printer device, even after deleting the job from the queue, use this command:

fuser -k /dev/lp0        

for a printer on the first parallel port, or

fuser -k /dev/usb/lp0    

for the first usb printer.

4 Appendix A: Licence

Copyright (c) 2007 Chris Lale, chrislale AT users DOT berlios DOT de

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