[97303] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Forcing print jobs from the spool
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ray Curtis)
Mon Nov 2 14:24:02 1998
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1998 14:22:08 -0500 (EST)
From: Ray Curtis <ray@ray.clark.net>
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Ray Curtis writes:
> >>>>> "rs" == Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com> writes:
>
[...]
>
> 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.
>
[...]
>
> Do a lpq to derive the job #, then use lprm job#.
tr> I'm not sure that's what Rich is looking for. lprm *removes* a job from the
tr> queue, i.e. it will not get printed, whereas - as far as I undetrtand - Rich
tr> looks for a command to force a job into printing (i.e. the printer sits idle
tr> but the job still doesn't get printed). Unfortunately, I don't have an
tr> answer to that one.
Sorry if I misunderstood this one, I don't now of a method to force a
job from the queue. If lpd is running it should automatically force
the file in the queue to print unless there is a error in the file in
which case there should be some error message.
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Ray Curtis Consultant/Programmer Curtis Consulting
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