If you need to clear your entire print queue in Mac OS X for whatever reason, there is a simple terminal command you can type to do the job.
Simply:
- Launch Terminal
- Type cancel -a -
- Success!
All print jobs in the print queue should now be gone!
I have only tested this in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. I assume it will work in 10.4 Tiger as well.
awesome!!! Thanks!
Thank you.
It even cleared a queue that would delete jobs – but them magically put them back (jobs started from remote computers). Thanks.
Very cool. Got rid of a job stuck in “on hold” status that wouldn’t resume or delete.
Great! thanks a lot I had a couple of prints on hold and I couldn’t get rid of them.
Thanks again
Pierlucio
Bravo! I’ve had something stuck in my print queue for about 8 months. It wouldn’t delete at all. Luckily, this force delete of the queue did the trick! Thanks!
What a simple sloution! I’ve tried everything on osx, but it seems like I’d rather take this terminal thing more seriously… Thank you.
I had some jobs that were stuck and this worked! THANKS a lot! I also like how you have an old post reminder beneath this comment form.
Great hint! Thanks
Awesome got rid of my hung job in the que! Will be very useful in ARD in the future.
Thanks!!!
Wow. That was easy. Thanks!!
Thanks for the tip. Glad Google found you!
awesome!
my cpu was running at 99% because of a print job left in the queue. thanks for this
Awesome, thanks!
Thanks!