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Re: Forcing print jobs from the spool

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ray Curtis)
Mon Nov 2 13:43:49 1998

Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1998 13:39:53 -0500 (EST)
From: Ray Curtis <ray@ray.clark.net>
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>>>>> "rs" == Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com> writes:

rs>   When we print jobs from the network workstation to the server with the
rs> printers the jobs end up in the spool for lp0. And they don't print until
rs> some undefined future time (although no other jobs are occupying the
rs> printer).

rs>   I would like to know: 1) how to flush jobs from the lp0 spool to the
rs> printer and 2) how to set up the workstation (and/or WordPerfect 7) so that
rs> the jobs print as soon as the printer is available.

rs>   I've looked at lpc, lpr and other related man pages and I see nothing
rs> which will solve my problem.

rs>   Any and all help needed ASAP.

Do a lpq to derive the job #, then use lprm job#.



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