[EAD_Agamemnon]

Okay, I have an HP LaserJet P1006. All proper drivers are installed and in the past hasn't given me any problems whatsoever. Then a few days ago when I went to print out some info on small pox for the lil sis for use in some homework, and my desk lamp with its anemic springs happened to be in the way, so the outgoing paper came out but not quite all the way and as a result I had a paper jam. I cleared the jam and since it wasn't continuing with the previous job, I told it to print and so it did. I opted to delete the prior printer task. But NOW...when I need to print something, that task that was suppose to be deleted is still there...and after some two dozen attempts to delete the task, it is still there. The problem is such that I cannot print anything else with that task taking the #1 slot in the queue.

Any hints would be appreciated.

[Bobboau]

you have restarted the computer, right?

[el_magnifico]

In my personal experience, HP printers ALWAYS do that when you cancel a job. They suck.
I know the solution (at least in XP), but I'm unable to properly describe it in English now (it's 2:50 AM here so I'm really too tired to think).

However, since the problem is indeed so common, a simple "cancel hp queue" or something like that in Google will surely tell you all you need.

If by tomorrow nobody has a more specific answer, I promise I'll try to help you, but it will be better if someone else with a better english does it first.

BTW, never ever again cancel something when an HP printer is printing. It's really a pain to cancel those "ghost" jobs.

you have restarted the computer, right?

That never works in this case.

EDIT: The solution in Spanish is here: http://www.ajpdsoft.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=282

[EAD_Agamemnon]

uh......I'll try that....

weather of late has stayed cool enough during day to need the cooler on so have left comp running for long stretches....actually (though probably wasn't a wise choice for my comps health) it's been turned 'off' for at least the past few months although there have been 1 or 2 times in the last few months where a program would pitch a fit and I'd have to reboot

In answer to el_mag - got this printer given it was on sale at the time and was on budget....inkjet printers are useless to me since my purposes require ability to spew out literally hundred of pages before needing refill...

I'll reboot computer first and if that dont work then I'll follow link.

forgot to mention but when attempted all those deletes of item in the queue...it still had the "deleting" part in the status tab

EDIT: it appears that all I needed was a reboot as there is no longer any stubborn items caught in deletion limbo in my printer queue

[JGZinv]

In the future... use this...

http://lifehacker.com/5500684/stalled-printer-repair-cancels-print-jobs-without-waiting-years-no-batch-file-required