I'm trying to stop a very long print to a dotmatrix printer
on the parallel port.
The program doesn't make use of the Windows Printers
facility, it simply does a 'copy <myfile> to prn'
I've tried turning both the PC and the printer off, but
it has clearly not emptied the buffer, because when
I turn on again the print resumes!

How can I clear the print buffer ?

Jim Hawkins

"Jim Hawkins" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I'm trying to stop a very long print to a dotmatrix printer
> on the parallel port.
> The program doesn't make use of the Windows Printers
> facility, it simply does a 'copy <myfile> to prn'
> I've tried turning both the PC and the printer off, but
> it has clearly not emptied the buffer, because when
> I turn on again the print resumes!
>
> How can I clear the print buffer ?
>
> Jim Hawkins
>

Yes, the program does make use of the Windows printing
facilities, if only because WinXP won't let it do it any other
way!

Copy the lines below into the file c:\Windows\Purge.bat,
then create a desktop shortcut to c:\Windows\Purge.bat. To
clear the print queue, do this:
1. Turn off the printer.
2. Double-click this shortcut.
3. Turn on the printer.
@echo off
echo.
echo Purging the print queue . . .
net stop Spooler
echo Deleting all print jobs . . .
ping localhost -n 4 > nul
del /q %SystemRoot%\system32\spool\printers\*.*
net start Spooler
echo Done!
ping localhost -n 4 > nul

"Pegasus (MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> "Jim Hawkins" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I'm trying to stop a very long print to a dotmatrix printer
>> on the parallel port.
>> The program doesn't make use of the Windows Printers
>> facility, it simply does a 'copy <myfile> to prn'
>> I've tried turning both the PC and the printer off, but
>> it has clearly not emptied the buffer, because when
>> I turn on again the print resumes!
>>
>> How can I clear the print buffer ?
>>
>> Jim Hawkins
>>
>
> Yes, the program does make use of the Windows printing
> facilities, if only because WinXP won't let it do it any other
> way!
>
> Copy the lines below into the file c:\Windows\Purge.bat,
> then create a desktop shortcut to c:\Windows\Purge.bat. To
> clear the print queue, do this:
> 1. Turn off the printer.
> 2. Double-click this shortcut.
> 3. Turn on the printer.
> @echo off
> echo.
> echo Purging the print queue . . .
> net stop Spooler
> echo Deleting all print jobs . . .
> ping localhost -n 4 > nul
> del /q %SystemRoot%\system32\spool\printers\*.*
> net start Spooler
> echo Done!
> ping localhost -n 4 > nul
>

Many thanks Pegasus !

Jim Hawkins