How do you clear a printer buffer?

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From: Ken Schneider
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 21:16

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Hi!

I'm just wondering how to clear the printer buffer using C
or C++ commands.  For example, if the paper jams while printing
a list of files, I want to be able to stop the current job and
empty the printer queue.  Can anyone help?  It doesn't seem like
fflush and similar commands are the correct ones to use.  Thanks!

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Ken Schneider
University of Illinois @ U/C
schneide@aries.scs.uiuc.edu

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