[OT]? Stopping Brother 1440 Printer from Spewing Garbage

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W. eWatson

Apparently, my Brother 1440 b/w printer doesn't like the document it's
trying to print. It prints garbage on a few lines and then goes to
another page. I'm sure it could work its way through hundreds of pages.
Using XP Printer controls to stop or cancel the document doesn't do
much. Turning off the printer produces a paper jam, which then needs to
be cleared. Restarting continues the torrent. Rebooting doesn't help.
Maybe this is a common printer. What's the solution?
 
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Pegasus [MVP]

W. eWatson said:
Apparently, my Brother 1440 b/w printer doesn't like the document it's
trying to print. It prints garbage on a few lines and then goes to another
page. I'm sure it could work its way through hundreds of pages. Using XP
Printer controls to stop or cancel the document doesn't do much. Turning
off the printer produces a paper jam, which then needs to be cleared.
Restarting continues the torrent. Rebooting doesn't help. Maybe this is a
common printer. What's the solution?
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If your printer prints garbage then you need to re-install its driver. To
clear all existing print jobs, copy the code below into c:\purge.bat, then
double-click this batch file.
@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
 

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