Linux Printing
Printing Commands
| lpr |
Send jobs to printer |
| lpq |
View jobs in the print queue |
| lprm [jobid] |
Remove jobs From the print queue |
| Options |
Available in |
Description |
| -P[printer name] |
lpr, lpq, lprm |
Choose Which printer to send the job to |
| -l |
lpq |
Display more information |
| - |
lprm |
Remove all jobs by the user logged in |
Sending Jobs to Different Printers
Use the chart above to find the printer you would like to
print to. Use the command lpr -Pprintername filename
to print to another printer from the command line. To print
from within an application, add the -Pprintername after
the lpr command in the applications printer control window.
Deleting Jobs from the Queue
To delete jobs from the queue, first you must retrieve the number of the print job. Type the command lpq to list the jobs. Add the option -Pprintername to find the jobs on a printer other than the default. Sample output is shown below with only one job in the queue.
halsey is ready and printing
Rank Owner Job Files Total Size
active user 0 main.cc 320 bytes
Type the command lprm num to delete the job with the id of num. Again add -Pprintername to change to a printer other than the default.
Type the lpq command again to see if the job has been deleted successfully.
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Last updated: Monday, August 15, 2005 - 01:34 PM
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