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From: cramer@optilink.UUCP (Clayton Cramer)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Help zapping a printer
Message-ID: <4241@optilink.UUCP>
Date: 22 Aug 90 17:00:55 GMT
References: <1851@fcs280s.ncifcrf.gov>
Organization: Optilink Corporation, Petaluma, CA
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In article <1851@fcs280s.ncifcrf.gov>, toms@fcs260c2.ncifcrf.gov (Tom Schneider) writes:
> I have an Apple LaserWriter IIntx PostScript printer.  On occasion I mess up
> and send it a straight ASCII text.  It is then completely hung.  The only way I
> know how to restore its sanity is to turn it off and back on again, which is a
> pain.  We can't find a power CLEAR command in the PostScript books.  Does
> someone know how to do this?  Howcome the language doesn't seem to have a power
> clear command that resets the interpreter?  The commands initgraphics and
> grestoreall don't do the job.  Please help!  Thanks.
> 
>   Tom Schneider

Have you tried sending ^D?  This should flush the current job, and
everything should be ready to accept another PostScript job at that
point.
-- 
Clayton E. Cramer {pyramid,pixar,tekbspa}!optilink!cramer
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and patriots alike.  It is its natural manure." -- Thomas Jefferson
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