[SOLVED] Re: The print job from hell... :(

[Brian]

On 09/28/2017 01:45 PM, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote:
> On 2017-09-28 13:41, Brian wrote:
>> On 09/28/2017 12:35 PM, Colin Law wrote:
>>> On 28 September 2017 at 17:15, Brian <brian at patandbrian.org> wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> My wife's PC (running Debian Wheezy) has our Laserjet attached, and I
>>>> can access it from my PC (running Ubuntu 16 LTS) as a shared printer.
>>>>
>>>> I printed a PDF yesterday, but now every time we turn the printer on,
>>>> it starts printing that same PDF again!
>>>>
>>>> I've looked at the print queue on my PC - it's empty. I've looked at
>>>> the print queue on Pat's PC, it's also empty. I've tried switching
>>>> the
>>>> printer off, I've tried cancelling the job on the front panel of the
>>>> Laserjet. NONE of these things work. Each time we switch the printer
>>>> on, the damned job starts printing again!
>>>>
>>>> Can anybody tell me how/where to nuke it and so make the printer
>>>> usable again?
>>>
>>> First I suggest disconnecting the printer from the network and
>>> powering it up. If it still tries to print then the issue is within
>>> the printer. If it does not print, but tries again when you connect
>>> the network then it is one of the PCs doing it. Once you know which
>>> (and which PC) then the problem will at least be clearer.
>>>
>>
>> OK, so it's at least the Wheezy box that's causing the problem - the
>> printer on its own causes no problem, but reconnecting it to Pat's PC
>> with mine switched off starts the print job again. That doesn't
>> eliminate my PC, but it does mean I need to find where it lives on the
>> Wheezy box and kill it off there.
> 
> Check /var/spool/(cups|lpd)/ and see if there are log files there.  In
> your case, since you're not seeing it listed with the stock utilities,
> I'd zap the damn files manually.
> 

Yep, that did the job. Thanks, Ken.


Brian.