Command Line to list / cancel print jobs / Example?
Under Windows 11, 10, .... and MS Server OS, you can also quite easily list the print jobs via the command line (abort / stop)!
For this purpose, the WMIC PRINTJOB command is very well suited to conveniently print these for larger lists of print jobs.
Use:
to see all print jobs!
wmic printjob get
To list all print jobs!
wmic printjob list
To delete all print jobs!
wmic printjob delete
PRINTJOB COMMANDS / OPTIONS
ColorConsole [Version 2.6.1001 ]
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.1.1804]
Copyright (c) 2018 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Windows\system32>WMIC PRINTJOB /?
PRINTJOB - Print job management.
HINT: BNF for Alias usage.
( [WMIObject] | [] |
[] ) [].
USAGE:
PRINTJOB ASSOC []
PRINTJOB CALL []
PRINTJOB CREATE
PRINTJOB DELETE
PRINTJOB GET [] []
PRINTJOB LIST [] []
C:\Windows\system32>
PRINTJOB LIST COMMANDS
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Windows\system32>WMIC PRINTJOB LIST /?
Property list operations.
USAGE:
LIST [] []
The following LIST formats are available:
BRIEF - Document, JobId, JobStatus, Owner, Priority, Size, N
ame
FULL - DataType, Description, Document, DriverName, Elapsed
Time, HostPrintQueue, InstallDate, JobId, JobStatus, Name, Notify, Owner, PagesP
rinted, Parameters, PrintProcessor, Priority, Size, StartTime, Status, StatusMas
k, TimeSubmitted, TotalPages, UntilTime, DriverName, Name
INSTANCE - JobId
STATUS - Document, JobId, JobStatus, Name, PagesPrinted, Stat
us, JobIdCopy, Name
The following LIST switches are available:
/TRANSLATE: - Translate output via values from.
/EVERY: [/REPEAT:] - Returns value every (X interval) se
conds, If /REPEAT specified the command is executed times.
/FORMAT: - Keyword/XSL filename to process the XML results.
NOTE: Order of /TRANSLATE and /FORMAT switches influences the appearance of outp
ut.
Case1: If /TRANSLATE precedes /FORMAT, then translation of results will be follo
wed by formatting.
Case2: If /TRANSLATE succeeds /FORMAT, then translation of the formatted results
will be done.
C:\Windows\system32>
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