[NTLUG:Discuss] OT - purge memory - HP5L printer

[Terry]

On 2/28/06, Fred James <fredjame at fredjame.cnc.net> wrote:
> Fred James wrote:
>
> > Terry wrote:
> >
> >> Anyone know how to purge memory on an HP5L?
> >>
> >> (As in - when you accidentally send a long document to the printer and
> >> well, you jerk the paper out.... but what next? [to remove the
> >> document from HP5L's memory])
> >> --
> >> <><
> >>
> >>
> > Terry
> > See
> > <http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.jsp?&lang=en&cc=us&contentType=SupportManual&docIndexId=120756&prodTypeId=18972&prodSeriesId=25480&lang=en&cc=us>
> >
> > for PDF of HP 5L manual - page 27 "Front Panel Button Usage"
> > Hope this helps
> > Regards
> > Fred James
> >
> Terry
> I almost forgot - it is often a good idea to also cancel the print job
> at the source (computer) - man lpq and lprm.
> Regards
> Fred James
>
>
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Once it's sent to the printer, it's too late, and that's the only
advice the manual gives is to delete the print job from your
computer's queue which is no  help - I can unplug it for hours and it
still tries to print the job when I plug it back in, (because it's in
the printer's memory), and I don't guess there's anything I can do
about it.  It's what I get for using this old printer.  Newer, more
modern ones will probably dump the job if you cut the power, but
apparrently not this one.  It's given me good service for several
years though and still is actually.

It's just that once in a while me or my computer messes up and sends
something to it that it or I shouldn't, (sometimes it's a large amount
of unrecoginizable characters), and I have to run a bunch of paper
throgh it and waste a lot of paper and ink and apparently there's
nothing I can do about it.
- thanks anyway.

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