22.5. Managing Print Jobs

When a job is submitted to a printer, it is placed in the printer's queue. It is removed only when it has been successfully printed or sent to a remote server. On a system with many users or a slow printer, the queue can grow quite large if jobs are being submitted faster than they can be printed.

You can use this Webmin module to list jobs in the queue for a printer, view their contents, or delete them. To manage these tasks, complete the following steps:

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On the module's main page, click on the list link under the Jobs column for the printer whose queue you want to manage. This will take you to a page listing all jobs currently being printed or waiting to be printed.
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To view the contents of a print job, click ...

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