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From: gregor@tikal.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Moronic printer drivers
Message-ID: <617@tikal.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 3-Feb-87 15:53:31 EST
Article-I.D.: tikal.617
Posted: Tue Feb  3 15:53:31 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 5-Feb-87 04:52:20 EST
References: <4175@videovax.Tek.COM> <1366@cadovax.UUCP> <3326@cbosgd.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: gregor@tikal.UUCP (Gregor Harrison)
Organization: Teltone Corp., Kirkland, WA
Lines: 18
Keywords: slow, slower, slowest

In article <3326@cbosgd.ATT.COM> gwe@cbosgd.UUCP (Bill Thacker) writes:
>In article <1366@cadovax.UUCP> keithd@cadovax.UUCP (PUT YOUR NAME HERE) writes:
>>And, it sure is a pain to try to 'cancel' a print job, most of these programs
>>(except Dpaint II) don't provide a print cancel option.  It would seem
>>reasonable to provide this within the printer.device or the OS somewhere
>>since obviously the Application writers aren't doing it. (Kill -9 anyone?)

I found something that may help you.  Turn your printer off-line.  In a few
minutes, a requester alerting you to printer trouble will appear. (this
may require the printer cable to be wired correctly)  Select cancel, and
usually the print job will end.

Gregor Harrison
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