Cancel, pause or release a print job

You can cancel a pending print job and remove it from the queue in the printer settings.

Cancel a print job

If you accidentally started printing a document, you can cancel the print so that you do not need to waste any ink or paper.

How to cancel a print job:

  1. Open the Activities overview and start typing Printers.

  2. Click Printers to open the panel.

  3. Click the button next to the printer which shows the number of jobs.

  4. Cancel the print job by clicking the stop button.

If this does not cancel the print job like you expected, try holding down the cancel button on your printer.

As a last resort, especially if you have a big print job with a lot of pages that will not cancel, remove the paper from the printer’s paper input tray. The printer should realize that there is no paper and will stop printing. You can then try canceling the print job again, or try turning the printer off and then on again.

Be careful that you don’t damage the printer when removing the paper, though. If you would have to pull hard on the paper to remove it, you should probably just leave it where it is.

Pause and release a print job

If you want to pause or release a print job, you can do so by going to the jobs dialog in the printer settings and click the appropriate button.

  1. Open the Activities overview and start typing Printers.

  2. Click Printers to open the panel.

  3. Click the button next to the printer which shows the number of jobs.

  4. Pause or release the print job by clicking the corresponding button.