Using Century LPR on Windows 95, 98 or Me, if you run into a problem with an LPR printer port, you may want to delete it. You won’t be abled to if there are spooled files waiting to print, or if the port is being used by Windows.

To solve this problem, first cancel all print jobs for the printer:

1. In LPR, select the printer window to make it active.
2. Select the Printer status tab.
3. Choose the Remote radio button.
4. Click “Remove all.”
5. Choose the Local radio button
6. Click “Remove all.”

NOTE: Clicking “Remove all” only cancels your own print jobs.

At this point you should be able to delete the port:

1. Select the printer screen or icon of the printer.
2. Open the File menu.
3. Delete the port.
4. If this does not work, run the following commands on the UNIX system:
   1. lpstat -t to list all print jobs for the printer.
   2. cancel xxx, where xxx is the print job number.

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