[cups.general] lprm <PID> => Not all processes killed

[Michael Sweet]

Felix E. Klee wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> when I kill all printing jobs using lprm there still sometimes is a
> process left accessing /dev/lp0. An example:
> 
> root      3926  0.0  0.3  2964  700 ?        S    13:04   0:00 parallel:/dev/lp0 218 felix AcroHP1Omx 1 outputorder=normal number-up=1 nowrap position=top-left Resolution=600dpi Duplex=None PageSize=A4 InputSlot=Default noOption1
> 
> What's the purpose of this process? Is it just to finish printing the
> current page or will it produce more printout (I already wasted enough
> paper and I don't have much left, so I don't want to try that out)?

It will finish printing the current page(s) that have been sent by
the printer driver.  It does this to leave the printer in a
consistent state.

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