I am an absolute beginner with Ubuntu and I appear to have a long queue of documents in my H.P. 840C printer.
5 Answers
The question was how to kill all jobs. The simple way to kill all jobs:
lprm -
The complicated linux old-school way is below:
Command line:
lpstat -o
to view outstanding print jobs.
cancel -a {printer}
to cancel ALL jobs or ...
cancel {printerjobid}
to cancel 1 job.
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MAGIC : ) Guys who aren't having success, step 2 above? The readout from lpstat -o should look something like <yourusername_printername>. Just type that verbatim into {printer} in step 2. Worked fine in Ubuntu 15.04. Tnx Rinzwind :)– ManuelDec 5, 2015 at 6:46
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Funny, this works very well, but not when using gnome-printers gui. Too bad! Oct 31, 2016 at 6:57
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@Gerstrong do you get a notice? Cuz this is totally outside of gnome-printers scope. Commandline always wins here ;)– RinzwindOct 31, 2016 at 7:37
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No, notice at all, no reaction. The jobs stays there. Command Line in contrast removes it. Oct 31, 2016 at 17:48
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Either
- Use the printer dialog: type "Printers" in the dash and navigate to the printer
- Use the CUPS web interface: point your browser at
http://localhost:631/jobs/
and proceed from there - Use the command line interface: use
lpq
to see jobs,lprm
to remove. Refer toman lprm
for more information.
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Is there something like
lprm *
that will cancel all jobs? Or do we have to go piecemeal? Apr 30, 2015 at 3:15 -
Use
lpstat -W completed -o
to view list of completed jobs.
Use
lpstat -o
to view list of not-completed jobs.
And to delete job list,just use this command:
cancel -a -x
This will cancel all pending jobs, as well as deleting them.
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Well, answers given here didn't work for me so here's what I did -
ps aux | grep printer
kill {printer job}
I tried using lpstat
and lprm
but was unable to figure out basic things like the job number and stuff. Instead, I used the command:
lpq
This produced:
zac@computer:~$ lpq
lpq: Error - no default destination available.
A quick Internet search and then I tried:
zac@computer:~$ lpq -a
Rank Owner Job File(s) Total Size
1st zac 85 TorahNT.odt 59392 bytes
FINALLY I find the all important Job number: 85!
NOW I run lprm
:
zac@computer:~$ lprm 85
zac@computer:~$
And to confirm I did this:
zac@computer:~$ lpq -a
no entries
zac@computer:~$
Finally, the printer queue is empty.
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Really nice clear answer - very helpful for people unfamiliar with the commands, thanks!– Zanna ♦Apr 6, 2022 at 8:41