TIP:  Dispose of old technology properly. Never dispose of any electronic device by just throwing it away, the amount of toxic waste in all electronics is substantial.

Check with your city officials for names of local charities, schools, churches or recycling programs that will let you donate your equipment or will recycle your electronics properly. Identity theft through electronic means has become such a focus of cyber-criminals that disposing of your old computer without taking steps to 'scrub' the data could be very risky. Find a secure deletion software program to erase your data and don't depend on the Windows delete option to remove files. All the delete options does is to free up space on the hard drive where as a deletion software package will actually fill the free space with random characters.

There are technical options that will allow you to decide what you are most comfortable doing. You can erase all personal data files off your hard drive(s), completely wipe off all data on the hard drive and actually remove the hard drive from the PC before you donate or recycle, or you could take the hard drive to a computer repair facility and ask them to eradicate the data on the drive for you and then dispose of it properly.

To list all of the system printer information, you must enter the following commands:

Login: root

Password: xxxxxx (ask system supervisor)

# lpstat -t

lpstat lists each system printer and print server and spooler print request number for each print job to be cancelled. It may also list any disabled print servers.

#lpstat -t |more

If you have multiple printers on your system, it may take more than one page to display the information. You will need to add the |more to display a page at a time.

Once you have determined the print job to cancel, enter the following command:

# cancel printer_name-1234 (i.e.  cancel hp7410-xxxx)

The system will display a prompt telling you the print job has been cancelled.

To enable a print server, enter the following command:

# enable print_server_name (i.e. enable ps02)

To return to the login prompt, issue this command:

# exit

Perfection Stamps & Engraving, Irving, TX

Owner, Mark Harwell, worked for a good friend Don Daniels at City Stamp and Seal in Austin, Texas, in 1976. Don encouraged Mark to start his own stamp shop when moving to the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Mark started at home in his garage in 1979 setting foundry type from type drawers by hand. He bought a phototypesetter and graduated to a Universal laser purchased from Engraver's Network in Arlington, Texas.

Perfection Stamps and Engraving now features a uTypia website and imports the orders into Total Order Plus, an accounting system purchased in 1992 from Mindware Corporation. Their main objective is to work harder at providing better customer service in order to increase growth and expansion. Mark enjoys making new friends in the marking industry by attending the IMIA and the Tro-Club trade shows.