The Prnjobs Command in Windows: A Practical Guide

(Applies to Windows Server (Semi-Annual Channel), Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012)

The prnjobs command helps pause, resume, cancel and list jobs.

Syntax prnjobs command

 cscript Prnjobs {-z | -m | -x | -l | -?} [-s] 
 [-p] [-j] [-u] [-w] 

The prnjobs command parameter

Parameters

Describe

-z

Pause the print job (job) specified by the -j parameter.

-m

Continue the print job specified by the -j parameter.

-x

Cancel the print job specified by the -j parameter.

-l

Lists all print jobs in a print queue.

-S

Specify the name of the remote computer that the printer store you want to manage.If you do not specify a remote computer, the local computer will be used by default.

-p

Required parameters.Specify the name of the printer you want to manage.

-j

Specify (by ID number) the print job you want to cancel.

-u -w

Specify an account that has the right to connect to the printer storage computer that you want to manage.These rights are granted to all members in the local administrator group of the target computer, but the permissions can also be granted to other users.If you do not specify a specific account, you must log in to an account provided with these permissions to execute the command.

/?

Show help at the command prompt.

Prnjobs command

The prnjobs command is a Visual Basic script located in the% WINdir% System32printing_Admin_Scripts directory.To use this command, at the command prompt, type cscript followed by the full path to the prnjobs file or change the directory to the appropriate directory.For instance,:

 cscript% WINdir% System32printing_Admin_Scriptsen-USprnjobs 

If the information you provide contains spaces, use quotation marks around that piece of information (For instance,, "Computer name").

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