lpq -P queue Printer 'queue' does not exist! lprm -P queue # lpr: fatal error: no printcap entry for printer queue. but there is! in rc: start_lpd=yes though in klpq it many lines of jobs all #'ed zero. bleury wrote:

yes, and it doesn't remove them. i have over 20 jobs built up, all with the number 0.

lpq

Nick Zentena wrote:

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bleury wrote:

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any alternative ideas to wiping out the old queues?

Did you try lprm?

Nick

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this bjc1000 doesn't even have a power button. though it doesn't throw paper, like some do. i think it's in the buffer and won't leave. tried everything i can think of for 20 hours plus. tried many things the var/spool files, and no go. no matter how many times i tell myself to install the whole darn thing- just can't do it. here now i crazy gone have and shall pulls the plug on this whole install. David Bellows wrote:

bleury wrote:

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lpq -P queue Printer 'queue' does not exist!

lprm -P queue # lpr: fatal error: no printcap entry for printer queue.

but there is!

in rc: start_lpd=yes

though in klpq it many lines of jobs all #'ed zero.

Here's something Jim Hatridge sent me once that proved helpful:

Problems

There are very few things that can go wrong when printing a

file. Most of your headaches will come when you are first setting

up your printer system.

As normal at times you will need to stop a print job. If it

is still in the print que it is no problem at all. If it is still

in the que you can type "lprm" this will remove the active job.

Using the "-" option (i.e. lprm -) it will remove all of your

print jobs in the que. By adding the job number (i.e. lprm 10) it

will only delete that one. It should be noted that only the

superuser (ie root) can delete the whole que or someone else's

print jobs.

The big problem comes in when you have a large print job to

delete and lpq (the que) says it's empty. As long as lpq says

it's empty lprm will not work, remember it only works on the que.

What to do when the que is empty?

First turn off the printer to save paper and ink. Normally

this will not cause any errors on the monitor. You may get an

out-of-paper or printer-offline error in /var/log/messages file,

no problem.

Now try the lpc command. Using the "lpc clean all" command

with option will delete all unprintable jobs with their data and

control files. Unfortunately this only works if the files were

bad to begin with. If they are fine, you just changed your mind,

then we have problems.

The final solution is to go into the spool and delete the

files by hand. As root cd over to /var/spool, when you list the

files you will find at least 3 difference dir's for each printer.

There is one dir for the printer's ascii files, one for the PS

files, and one for raw data. Now cd to the correct dir, in this

dir you should find two files for each print job one fd00000000

and the other cd00000000. The first is the data file, ie what you

wanted printed and the other is the control file, ie how you

wanted it printed. Both of these must be deleted, "rm

cd00000000". While in this dir you should find a lock file,

delete it. This should clear your print job out of the system.

Now to be on the safe side, in root do "lpc restart all". This

will start new daemons and clear any old files out of each print

spool. At this point put your printer back on line. It should

print a few more lines, whatever was in it's buffer and then

stop. You will need to reset it.

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