Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Can Blogger display pictures?
I'm not the most frequent blogger. However, I'm setting up a new one, and am wondering whether to use WordPress or Blogger. Can Blogger display pictures?
Yep, I reckon it can. Quite easily too...
Yep, I reckon it can. Quite easily too...
Here is an Exciting Link: https://twitter.com/#!/Cam_ELN
Tuesday, July 06, 2004
Can't stop the printing...
Mutant Printing... Can't stop the printing! Ah - but at last - I've found a way!
Anyone else have this problem? You use Windows XP, print something to your printer, and somehow, somewhere, a gremlin gets in there. Something goes wrong, the printer gets confused, and you get a ton of rubbish printed out. Lots of weird characters & colours. And you CAN'T STOP IT!! Whole tree trunks-worth of paper wasted (there's a limit to how much Origami you can do!) - and that's not to count the ink...
You can turn the printer off; unplug it; jump up and down on it. Close down Windows, start it up again. Use the Windows "Cancel all documents" command from the Printing menu option on the Start menu. The printing always comes back.
I've found one way to stop it. You have to stop the Print Spooler. Here's a little batch file that will do the job:
@echo off
echo ***********************************************
echo * Daddy's program to cancel all printing jobs
echo *
echo * Only use this if you want to stop ALL printing and
echo * delete all pending print jobs.
echo *
echo * To exit this WITHOUT STOPPING the printer,
echo * press Ctrl-C, answer Y, then press Return
echo *
echo * To continue and STOP THE PRINTER, press any key
echo *
pause
echo * Stopping print jobs:
net stop spooler
del /q C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\SPOOL\PRINTERS\*.*
echo *
echo * Printer stopped! Now restarting Print Spooler...
net start spooler
echo ***********************************************
echo * Success! You should now be able to print okay.
echo *
echo * I suggest you now turn the printer OFF then ON again
echo *
pause
To use the above, you need to create a batch file. Open up Notepad, copy the above lines, and paste them into Notepad. Save the file - it must have a ".BAT" file extension (e.g. call it "StopPrinting.bat" ).
If you put the file on your Desktop, it'll be nice & easy to locate. Then, when your printer is flinging a mutant, double-click the file, follow the instructions - the printing will stop and your printing will return to normal!
Let me know if it works for you
Anyone else have this problem? You use Windows XP, print something to your printer, and somehow, somewhere, a gremlin gets in there. Something goes wrong, the printer gets confused, and you get a ton of rubbish printed out. Lots of weird characters & colours. And you CAN'T STOP IT!! Whole tree trunks-worth of paper wasted (there's a limit to how much Origami you can do!) - and that's not to count the ink...
You can turn the printer off; unplug it; jump up and down on it. Close down Windows, start it up again. Use the Windows "Cancel all documents" command from the Printing menu option on the Start menu. The printing always comes back.
I've found one way to stop it. You have to stop the Print Spooler. Here's a little batch file that will do the job:
@echo off
echo ***********************************************
echo * Daddy's program to cancel all printing jobs
echo *
echo * Only use this if you want to stop ALL printing and
echo * delete all pending print jobs.
echo *
echo * To exit this WITHOUT STOPPING the printer,
echo * press Ctrl-C, answer Y, then press Return
echo *
echo * To continue and STOP THE PRINTER, press any key
echo *
pause
echo * Stopping print jobs:
net stop spooler
del /q C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\SPOOL\PRINTERS\*.*
echo *
echo * Printer stopped! Now restarting Print Spooler...
net start spooler
echo ***********************************************
echo * Success! You should now be able to print okay.
echo *
echo * I suggest you now turn the printer OFF then ON again
echo *
pause
To use the above, you need to create a batch file. Open up Notepad, copy the above lines, and paste them into Notepad. Save the file - it must have a ".BAT" file extension (e.g. call it "StopPrinting.bat" ).
If you put the file on your Desktop, it'll be nice & easy to locate. Then, when your printer is flinging a mutant, double-click the file, follow the instructions - the printing will stop and your printing will return to normal!
Let me know if it works for you
