Re: lprm vs. apsfilter

[RBE <rbe@xxxxxxxxx>]

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On Tuesday 26 June 2001 03:29, Steffen Hein wrote:

> Hallo friends,
>
> running apsfilter since FreeBSD 2.2.8, I noticed  an
> unpleasant behavior after the lprm command since
> upgrades 4.0-4.3  ( in the default  installation. You
> - better than me - identify the pertinent apsfilter
> versions.)
>
> Formerly, the lprm statement  recursively removed all
> printing orders from the spooler and stopped the printer.
> Since then, the last order seems to be removed , but my
> printer (HP-Deskjet 850C) continues spitting out 'garbadges'.
> There seems to be no conventional means to stop lp.
> Page after page, two lines of  hieroglyphs, then the next
> page... Further 'lprm' commands, even repeated from root (or
> off- switching the printer,  clearing its memory, etc. ) have
> no effect. - The spook only disappears after reboot.
>
> A genuine UNIX command, such as lprm, should  remain
> effective under any application - shouldn't it ?

That was my feeling.  I'm having the same kind of problem with 
an HP Deskjet 2000C.  I can print from the command line, but not 
from any desktop (KDE, in my case).  All I get is garbage.  The 
version I'm using is 6.0, it says (also says 
apsfilter-experimental, which SHOULD BE 7.0).

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