bin there dun that, and got a horrible paper jam.
Other times, got lucky, and no damage done. But the jam happened on the church super-printer-collater-stapler-folder. Result: paid-for mechanic call and red-faced Jim.
Sorry to hear that, most unfortunate. Actually I was not being completely flippant with my suggestion.
With my printer as long as I do not try to interfere with the page being printed, and remove the paper waiting in the tray, the effect is simply the same as the printer running out of paper, no jams.
It stops and I can open the printer queue and delete the task. This saves the ink and paper and lets me start again.
Maybe a bit crude but so far it works although my printer may be a very basic model.