Clearing PRN

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" 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)" wrote in message
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"Jim Hawkins" wrote in message
...
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

you can clear buffer by using panel for dmp printer (find buffer clear
combination keys) EX. Hold FF+Load+Eject refer manual. or just power on
and off untill it is clered.