Purge Print Jobs Fails to Clear Printer Buffer (122516)
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This article was previously published under Q122516 SUMMARY
Windows 95 allows you to remove all print jobs from a printer by double-
clicking your printer and then clicking the Purge Print Jobs command on the
Printer menu. However, if a document containing graphics is currently
printing when you click the Purge Print Jobs command, a portion of the
purged document prints on the first page of the next print job. The second,
and subsequent pages print correctly. On some printers, it is possible to
clear the graphics by forcing a page feed. In most cases though, you must
reprint the first page of the document to get the correct output.
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Some printers send raster data or graphic images using a command that
indicates how many bytes of raster data will be sent followed by the actual
image in bytes. For example, sending X bytes of raster data, followed by
the X bytes.
When a print job is purged, the spooler stops sending data and makes a
request for the printer driver to send a reset command to the printer.
If the data stream is in the middle of transferring raster data, the reset
command can be interpreted as more raster data in which case the printer
will continue printing the image. If the data stream is not in the middle
of transferring raster data, the printer will stop printing where the reset
command was issued.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 12/17/2000 |
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| Keywords: | KB122516 |
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