The lprm Command
If you send a job to a printer and it isn't what you wanted, you can cancel it. This is common in times when you are rushing and you press Print and realize, “I didn't want to do that.” Now, you don't have to be a tree-killing-paper-ream-eating-user, and you can quickly stop that wasteful 1,000-page print job you didn't mean to send. The lprm command enables you to remove items from the printer queue. This is how you use it:
If you need to use lprm, follow these steps:
1. | Use the lpq command to find the job ID number that you want to remove. |
2. |
For example, if you wanted to remove job #15 from the queue in the printer pr1, you can type
>lprm –Ppr1 15
To verify the results, you can use lpq to check the queue again:
>lpq –Ppr1
You should see the job you specified terminated and no longer active.
That's it for printing. As I have mentioned before, it is imperative that you read more about this if you really want to master printing in Unix. Unix printing is not difficult and can be learned simply by mastering the concepts brought up in this lesson, and expanding on them. Make sure you consult the Internet and man pages for more information on printing.