Cancelling a Print Job (lprm)

You can cancel a print job after it has already been sent to the printer, even after it has begun printing, by using the lprm command.

First, use the lpq command to determine the job number (in the third column of information) of the print job you want to cancel. Then use the job number with the lprm command:

lprm job#

For example, to remove job 34 from the print queue, you would enter

lprm 34

To remove all the jobs you've submitted for printing, enter the following command:

lprm all

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Last modified on July 20, 2004 by cawalker.