CUPS: Usage

Some basic commands that enable us to print and maintain our CUPS server and printers

• lpq -a - Shows the queued jobs for all printers.
• lpq -Pprintername - Shows the queued jobs for a specific printer.
• lprm X - Deletes a specific print job.
• lprm - - Deletes all print jobs.
• lpr - Send a file to printer.
• lpr -Pprintername - Send a file to a non default printer.
• lpc status all - Shows the state of the printers.
• lpmove # printer - Move a specific job to an other printer
• lpmove printer1 printer2 - Move all jobs from one printer to an other.
• cupsaccept - Enable the printing queue.
• cupsreject - Disable the printing queue.
• cupsenable - Enable the printer.
• cupsdisable - Disable the printer, will still send to queue.
• cupsdisable -r XXXX - Disable the printer with a reason.

Dennis.