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anx
Asked: 2020-10-27 05:21:12 +0800 CST

Why does lpstat not show my print job?

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After printing a document via cups, /var/log/cups/access_log contains the following log entry (and the printer did print):

"POST /printers/Brother HTTP/1.1" 200 70947 Print-Job successful-ok

However, the print job is not listed when querying via lpstat:

# lpstat -W all -u user
# lpstat -v
device for Brother: ipp://printer.test.:631/ipp/port

Why is lpstat not showing me the successfully executed print job?

printing 20.04

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Without the user filter, the output does list all print jobs, including completed ones:

    # lpstat -W all -u
Brother-1  unknown  70606  2020-10-26T11:46:15 UTC

    cups does not publish the print jobs owners name, hence filtering by the name does not work.

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