Ho said:
I don't know if other printers do this but HP printers do. I have a
Deskjet 842c and after the paper jams and its cleared the printer thjen
prints garbage. Can'tanything be done to stop this. I mean there had to
be softwar that can detect the garbage and there has to be a way to
sinmply rest the printer and complete the job.
Hi Ho --- sorry, couldn't resist!
I have occasionally experienced similar behavior with my DJ 3820, when I
attempt to stop printing a document in the middle of its run. The cancel
button on my printer is of no use. I get so mad when it starts spewing
paper! It usualy prints a line or two of garbage, form feeds, and repeats
the cycle. Resetting the printer won't help -- there's still document "data"
(the garbage characters) in the print queue.
In order to stop the garbage spewing, I turn off the printer (usually by
unplugging the power cord) then open the print queue dialog by double
clicking the printer icon, or clicking the printer icon in the tray. This
allows me to cancel the printing. Sometimes there are several copies of the
same document in the queue! This also happened with my the Epson I had prior
to the HP, so I suspect it's related to how the print spooler
(mal)functions.
HTH
Sonrise