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Canceling a Scheduled Print Job

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If you discover that you have sent a print job to the printer and you do not want to print it, you may cancel it with this function. The print jobs are listed in the order that the computer received the command to send them to the printer. The job that is currently printing is usually the first one on the list.

Use the following instructions to cancel a scheduled print job.

  1. On the Main Menu, select System Setup Menu.
  2. Select System Management Menu (7).
  3. Select Cancel a Scheduled Print Job (3) to receive a screen similar to the following:

  1. The screen lists information about the jobs currently printing or waiting to print.

Number

The number the system assigns to the print job. Use this number when you specify which print job to cancel. (Display only)

Name/Job Number

The name of the printer and print job. The following list contains the standard codes for each of the printers on your system. Use these codes to help you determine which print job to cancel. (Display only)

  • inv – invoice printer
  • rpt – reports printer
  • srv – auxiliary printer

User

The user ID of the person who printed the report. (Display only)

Size

The size, in bytes, of the report that is waiting to be printed. (Display only)

  1. Select the number for the print job you want to cancel from the Number column.
  2. At the prompt, type the number of the print job you want to cancel or A to cancel all print jobs, and press [Enter] to receive an Are you sure? prompt.
  3. To cancel the print job and return to the Main Menu, type Y. The printer may print a few more lines before finishing with a print job because some information is still in the printer’s memory.