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Quick notes about printing in linux

What's the default printer?
$ lpq

List all printer queues and their status:
$ lpstat -a

Quick pretty output:
$ (OPERATION) | a2ps -E --printer=$NAME
$ a2ps -E file

a2ps:

FlagMeaning
-Euse nice pretty-printing
--printer=NAMEprint to print queue NAME instead of the default queue

Kill or cancel a job:

# cancel $JOB

See also: Cups keeps dying

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