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cupsreject

prevent printer from accepting new jobs

TLDR

Reject new print jobs for a printer

$ cupsreject [printer_name]
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Reject with reason message
$ cupsreject -r "[printer offline]" [printer_name]
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SYNOPSIS

cupsreject [options] destination(s)

DESCRIPTION

cupsreject instructs the printing system to reject new print jobs for the specified destinations. Existing jobs in the queue are not affected.
Use cupsaccept to accept jobs again. Requires administrator privileges.

PARAMETERS

-r reason

Set reason message for rejecting.
-h server[:port]
Connect to specific server.

SEE ALSO

> TERMINAL_GEAR

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> TERMINAL_GEAR

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