This function was added to OS/2 Warp, Version 3, to allow print drivers to abort jobs more quickly. The print drivers do this by checking for PrtResetAbort during the print driver's abort processing. If the API exists, the print driver calls PrtAbort to cancel all output being sent to the printer. After all output is aborted, the print driver calls PrtResetAbort, which allows the print driver to call PrtWrite to send the reset sequence to the printer.

PrtClose must still be issued to close the device connection.