cancel Command Examples

Cancel print jobs. See also: lp, lpmove, lpstat. More information: https://openprinting.github.io/cups/doc/man-cancel.html.

• Cancel the current job of the default printer (set with lpoptions -d {{printer}}):

cancel

• Cancel the jobs of the default printer owned by a specific [u]ser:

cancel -u {{username}}

• Cancel the current job of a specific printer:

cancel {{printer}}

• Cancel a specific job from a specific printer:

cancel {{printer}}-{{job_id}}

• Cancel [a]ll jobs of all printers:

cancel -a

• Cancel [a]ll jobs of a specific printer:

cancel -a {{printer}}

• Cancel the current job of a specific server and then delete ([x]) job data files:

cancel -h {{server}} -x