Unable to clear print queue. Urgent!

[michaelrmgreen]

Overnight the print queue has been filled (15 entries) with unwanted entries by one of the Windows systems.

I don't want to print it all out.

# lprm -

isn't clearing the print queue.

# lprm 884

isn't removing entry 884 from the default queue.

[Update]A power cycle hasn't improved matters.

Any ideas for a quick solution. Thanks.

 

[michaelrmgreen]

Solved, I just needed the printer name. So this worked

# lprm -Praw -

 

[SirDice]

Slightly offtopic but the Windows malware is most likely this one: http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/trojanmilicenso-paper-salesman-s-dream-come-true

As far as I know this thing propagates by infecting a webserver's .htaccess to add a redirect to a site hosting the malware. If you have any webservers you may want to verify your files and make sure you're not infected yourself.

 

[michaelrmgreen]

Bizarrely, the prints originated from my scanner. We had some lightening during the night which may have 'upset' the scanner, so when the host device, a Windows desktop, was switched on a whole bunch of 'copies' were sent to the printer, which is hosted by the FreeBSD server.

The solution I suppose, is to get some surge arresters.