PRINTER PROBLEM

[Arun Jain]

Hi All,

I have a printer attached to a server which is used at a remote location.
Some times the user complaints that the printer is giving junk printing and ask to flush the print queue.
When I run lpstat it gives me status that the printer is running but don't show which requests are in queue.

now please suggest how to see the number of prints in that queue, how to find the request id for each and how to cancel that particular job.

Regards:
Arun Jain

[whiteknight]

Arun,

You can use the lpstat -o

# lp -dssolj4_1 /etc/profile
request id is ssolj4_1-2 (1 file)
# lpstat -o
ssolj4_1-2 root priority 0 May 6 15:34 on ssolj4_1
profile 2974 bytes

# cancel ssolj4_1-2
request "ssolj4_1-2" cancelled
#

Hope this help
WK

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[Sajjad Sahir]

Dear Arun

see man page of lpstat command

thanks and regards

Sajjad