How do I clear the printer buffer in the Canon MP495?

[Danny]

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[alexdlrg]

I'm using Windows 7 Enterprise SP1.  Here's the chronology.  I tried to print an Adobe .pdf document. The 1st, 2nd, and 4th pages printed fine. The 3rd page never printed.  I cancelled the print job.  Later I tried to print a Word .doc document.  Instead of printing it, it printed the 3rd page from the previous job!  I tried cancelling it several times, powered off the MP495, and then disconnected the power and printer cables completely to attempt to empty the print buffer.  Even after doing all this, when I reconnected power and the printer cables, it still printed the 3rd page!

No matter what I do, the printer keeps printing the same page over and over and over again!  It is wasting both paper and ink!  I'm very upset about this because I wanted to print my resume for a job fair, and it wouldn't work, so I was forced to attend the job fair without resume copies.  This is VERY frustating and annoying!

[alexdlrg]

Hello? Bueller?

[Stephen]

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Why am I getting email to accept a reply when my question hasn't yet been answered with a solution?

I haven't heard from Canon in over a week on this.  I ended up getting it answered by phone support.

Clearly,.this online community doesn't add any value to customer needs.