On 14/05/16 09:55, Bev Nicolson wrote:
So lprm should work, shouldn't it? It has done before so when I'd asked my printer to get going on a document a few days ago and realised I'd built up a print queue, I tried it again. Not this time, so I got it printed out (eventually) several times and it wouldn't stop. Ideas? (Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.)
I have Lubuntu and Xubuntu (i.e. straight Ubuntu), but I usually get a printer icon in the status bar. From that I can get to the printer that's printing. Alternatively, go to "Printers" somewhere in the menu system. There you should get a list of pritinters, or just one printer if you have just one. Clicking on it, or right clicking on it should give an option to show the print queue. Once in the print queue, you should have the option of deleting one or more print jobs.
Sometimes, when I have something go wrong, my printer gets confused, so I turn it off-line, then off once it's started printing, then I cancel the print job, then I remove the paper from the printer (so more doesn't accidentally get printed), turn it on (so that any residual stuff from the print queue gets dumped to the printer), then turn the printer off and on again. Simples! :-)
Oftentimes, Linux printers are controlled by CUPS in the background (Common Unix Printing System). You can also control printer queues. Cups is controlled via a web browser. Open a browser and put in 127.0.0.1:631 and see if you get anything.
Good luck.
Steve