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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Cannot cancel a print Post 302773137 by vbe on Wednesday 27th of February 2013 11:41:46 AM
Old 02-27-2013
This can happen when the print server is used also by other environments in which case unless configured for even root cannot cancel a job since its not from his host... This occurs frequetly with Windows... You are left with the task of cancelling directly from the printer...
 

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Hi all In Aix system Someone know i want to cancel the massage. if some user print something and user root deleting the job i got brodcast message " message from queueing system job number XXX has been deleteing from queue. <EOT> " I use the cancel command (1 Reply)
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lprm(1) 							    Apple Inc.								   lprm(1)

NAME
lprm - cancel print jobs SYNOPSIS
lprm [ -E ] [ -U username ] [ -h server[:port] ] [ -P destination[/instance] ] [ - ] [ job-id(s) ] DESCRIPTION
lprm cancels print jobs that have been queued for printing. If no arguments are supplied, the current job on the default destination is canceled. You can specify one or more job ID numbers to cancel those jobs or use the - option to cancel all jobs. OPTIONS
The lprm command supports the following options: -E Forces encryption when connecting to the server. -P destination[/instance] Specifies the destination printer or class. -U username Specifies an alternate username. -h server[:port] Specifies an alternate server. CONFORMING TO
The CUPS version of lprm is compatible with the standard Berkeley command of the same name. EXAMPLES
Cancel the current job on the default printer: lprm Cancel job 1234: lprm 1234 Cancel all jobs: lprm - SEE ALSO
cancel(1), lp(1), lpq(1), lpr(1), lpstat(1), CUPS Online Help (http://localhost:631/help) COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2007-2017 by Apple Inc. 22 May 2014 CUPS lprm(1)
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