TS3147 Printers Pausing: Other Users Log-off before job done permanently pauses printers

I have a problem with printers pausing. I work for a University, and this concerns computer lab Macs. Whenever someone Prints to a printer, and logs off before the print job is completely though, the printer pauses permanently for all other users.
I have found 2 temporary fixes:
     1) have initial user log back in, and allow job to complete (Hard to do, since there are 4000+ students here)
     2) Delete printer and re-add them (I unpause close to 1-3 printers a day this way currently)
Since those fixes require multiple trips, and or trying to reach people, they are not great solutions
How can I fix this problem so it won't happen again?
Theories of how to fix I don't know how to impliment (I normally am a PC guy):
     1) Clear print que on log-off Script
     2) Delay Log-off Script (Allow print job to go though)
     3) Checkbox somewhere to override the printers pausing?
Happens on both our iMacs, and Mac Minis we use on campus.

4on6 wrote:There are some related threads in this forum, but I still can't figure out what is my problem (printer works in some situations - printing a pdf in evince or a webpage in chromium - but in others not, e.g. printing from emacs).
The distinction that comes to mind here is that emacs (and some others) will print via lp.  I suspect that the default printer for lp is not set, and therefore the print job is lost.
To test this, create ~/.cups/lpoptions (if you don't already have it) with the content:
Default <The_Name_Of_My_Printer_In_CUPS>
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