Deleting a paused print job in HP 2540 deskjet

I want to delete or cancel a print job I paused using wireless HP 2540 Deskjet all-in-one. I have been unable to get rid of it. I have tried:
1. pressing the X on the top of the printer.
2. Searching HP utility for a link to delete command.
3. Going to HP help center (when click on DeskJet 2540 the link is empty)
4. Unplugging the printer and plugging back in in a few minutes
When I go back in to create a new print job, a dialogue box appears saying a current job is paused and would I like to add a new job to the queue. The problem here is the job I am attempting to delete is about 120 pages that I no longer need to print.
I have a 13 inch MacBook Air with Yosemite 10.10.2. Any feedback will be appreciated.
Richard

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You have an Officejet 6700 that is paused and won't allow you to resume on your Mac? This techie would be happy to help you get this working again
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I hope you are doing good.
Q1l:-
Are these printers really physically attached to your Ultra-* parallel port (/dev/ecpp0)?
and what device is "/dev/lp1"?
Answer:-
"/dev/lp1" which is printer "T" and "/dev/ecpp0" which is printer "Alis" are configured at OS level via "printmgr" on the same machine.
This machine hostname is "tprinter" which is a print server. It is connected physically to "CIMA6120 LINE PRINTER".
[what I meant is: what physical port is this printer attached to on the Solaris machine? is this a Ultra 5/10/60 machine? I don't recall the /dev/ecpp port
existing on any modern sun hardware]
"failed to open printer port" can mean:
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[again . . how do you know this or test this?]
Answer2:- it is connected at the rare panel of the machine on a 25-hole connector (bidirectional).
Q:-you have attached your printer to the right port, but are using the wrong name?
Answer: I think we could have Alias, not necessarily give the same printer name.
[what i was getting at here is that you think the printer is attached to the parallel port, but actually the cable
is actually attached to the wrong port. For example the serial port on those older machines will fit but in that case, if you configure the printer with ecpp
it's not pointing to the correct port]
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Q:-you have a bad or wrong cable?
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[how did you do the checking?]
Answer2:- I tested the cable by connecting to other printer and it printed. so no problem with the cable.
In the olden days when local printers like this was the norm, we'd do test like catting a file to the port and see if the printer lights
up or responds. Something like: cat /etc/hosts > /dev/ecpp0 (or /dev/lp1, or whatever the device is). Then observe if the printer seems to
receives anything, blinks, prints the host file. You are copying the file directly to the port outside of lp or other mechanism.
Answer2:- I agree there was some conflict among the ports internally, or some process may be running at the background, that is why though it shows the request waiting in the queue it was moving to pause for some reason. when I check the error by command "lpstat -t" it sez "device busy" in /dev/lp1" file.
Solution
============
After goggling some more I found a fix for this issue at http://fixunix.com/solaris/143011-unaccepted-printer.html
1, I tried to remove the printer from printmgr, cud not remove it.
2, try kill the entries that going to /dev/lp1 port to printer "T". could not do it
3, uncheck the default printer option via printmgr.
4, Add a new printer name "test" with /dev/ecpp0" and reproduce the issue "got the same error"
5, With the forum above it sez its a "bug" and the Bug ID: 6374608. here are the details of it:-
Synopsis: No /devices entry for line printer
http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatab...bug_id=6374608
Workaround is to manually install the missing driver binding
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update_drv -a -i '"lp"' ecpp
This workaround should create the missing /dev/lp* devices. And after
running it, you should find the following line in "prtconf -D" output:
lp, instance #0 (driver name: ecpp)
6, I unplug the serial cable from the printer and turnoff and replug the serial cable to the printer and turn on the printer, made sure printer is ""ONLINE".
7, I restart the Solaris machine and delete the newly created "Test" printer via printmgr.
7, I just gave the lp /etc/passwd and it printed.
Finally, I thank you for your time and suggest me your opinion on this solution please.
Regards,
MKY
Edited by: user9007339 on Feb 22, 2012 12:15 AM
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