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I help this 75 year old man with Ubuntu (He's not very savvy). He freaks out at any mention of the terminal, and I understand that totally. So I try to find solutions for him that don't involve the terminal.



He is asking for a tool to view all print jobs in queue and to be able to cancel some or all of them.



Is there any GUI tool to do this on Ubuntu? I know the terminal is very efficient, but a lot of non savvy people feel that the terminal is some scary realm where they're not sure what's going on.



If not, what would it take to create a little GUI tool for him?










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  • I'm using xfce & my Dad's using Mint (but I'm pretty sure I did find the same thing when I was using unity) so excuse me if I'm wrong, but for both of us there is a simple native 'print queue' viewable without ever opening 'that little black window' as my dad calls it ;) where you can see and control jobs... I just find it poking around in the printer settings?

    – Zanna
    Jun 4 '16 at 19:12











  • @Zanna Oh, really? I'll have to check when I get to his computer, as I don't have any printer myself. But it wouldn't surprise me if it's that easy and he just missed it. Although I searched through AU and all the previous answers only mentioned CLI. BTW, sorry about overriding your edit. I was trying to fix the typos myself and our edits crashed or something.

    – Revetahw
    Jun 4 '16 at 19:18








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    @Zanna I'm looking forward to checking at his computer tomorrow, I hope it's that easy :)

    – Revetahw
    Jun 4 '16 at 19:40






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    Hope so, then you can answer your own question with a proper explanation of how to find it instead of my vague assurances that it exists!

    – Zanna
    Jun 4 '16 at 19:45






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    @Zanna I found it! It's indeed there in the GUI. But maybe not as easy to find as in XFCE or Mint :) See my answer for details.

    – Revetahw
    Jun 4 '16 at 22:35
















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Edit: For future visitors, here's a related answer which explains exactly how to do this quickly.



I help this 75 year old man with Ubuntu (He's not very savvy). He freaks out at any mention of the terminal, and I understand that totally. So I try to find solutions for him that don't involve the terminal.



He is asking for a tool to view all print jobs in queue and to be able to cancel some or all of them.



Is there any GUI tool to do this on Ubuntu? I know the terminal is very efficient, but a lot of non savvy people feel that the terminal is some scary realm where they're not sure what's going on.



If not, what would it take to create a little GUI tool for him?










share|improve this question

























  • I'm using xfce & my Dad's using Mint (but I'm pretty sure I did find the same thing when I was using unity) so excuse me if I'm wrong, but for both of us there is a simple native 'print queue' viewable without ever opening 'that little black window' as my dad calls it ;) where you can see and control jobs... I just find it poking around in the printer settings?

    – Zanna
    Jun 4 '16 at 19:12











  • @Zanna Oh, really? I'll have to check when I get to his computer, as I don't have any printer myself. But it wouldn't surprise me if it's that easy and he just missed it. Although I searched through AU and all the previous answers only mentioned CLI. BTW, sorry about overriding your edit. I was trying to fix the typos myself and our edits crashed or something.

    – Revetahw
    Jun 4 '16 at 19:18








  • 1





    @Zanna I'm looking forward to checking at his computer tomorrow, I hope it's that easy :)

    – Revetahw
    Jun 4 '16 at 19:40






  • 1





    Hope so, then you can answer your own question with a proper explanation of how to find it instead of my vague assurances that it exists!

    – Zanna
    Jun 4 '16 at 19:45






  • 1





    @Zanna I found it! It's indeed there in the GUI. But maybe not as easy to find as in XFCE or Mint :) See my answer for details.

    – Revetahw
    Jun 4 '16 at 22:35














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Edit: For future visitors, here's a related answer which explains exactly how to do this quickly.



I help this 75 year old man with Ubuntu (He's not very savvy). He freaks out at any mention of the terminal, and I understand that totally. So I try to find solutions for him that don't involve the terminal.



He is asking for a tool to view all print jobs in queue and to be able to cancel some or all of them.



Is there any GUI tool to do this on Ubuntu? I know the terminal is very efficient, but a lot of non savvy people feel that the terminal is some scary realm where they're not sure what's going on.



If not, what would it take to create a little GUI tool for him?










share|improve this question
















Edit: For future visitors, here's a related answer which explains exactly how to do this quickly.



I help this 75 year old man with Ubuntu (He's not very savvy). He freaks out at any mention of the terminal, and I understand that totally. So I try to find solutions for him that don't involve the terminal.



He is asking for a tool to view all print jobs in queue and to be able to cancel some or all of them.



Is there any GUI tool to do this on Ubuntu? I know the terminal is very efficient, but a lot of non savvy people feel that the terminal is some scary realm where they're not sure what's going on.



If not, what would it take to create a little GUI tool for him?







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  • I'm using xfce & my Dad's using Mint (but I'm pretty sure I did find the same thing when I was using unity) so excuse me if I'm wrong, but for both of us there is a simple native 'print queue' viewable without ever opening 'that little black window' as my dad calls it ;) where you can see and control jobs... I just find it poking around in the printer settings?

    – Zanna
    Jun 4 '16 at 19:12











  • @Zanna Oh, really? I'll have to check when I get to his computer, as I don't have any printer myself. But it wouldn't surprise me if it's that easy and he just missed it. Although I searched through AU and all the previous answers only mentioned CLI. BTW, sorry about overriding your edit. I was trying to fix the typos myself and our edits crashed or something.

    – Revetahw
    Jun 4 '16 at 19:18








  • 1





    @Zanna I'm looking forward to checking at his computer tomorrow, I hope it's that easy :)

    – Revetahw
    Jun 4 '16 at 19:40






  • 1





    Hope so, then you can answer your own question with a proper explanation of how to find it instead of my vague assurances that it exists!

    – Zanna
    Jun 4 '16 at 19:45






  • 1





    @Zanna I found it! It's indeed there in the GUI. But maybe not as easy to find as in XFCE or Mint :) See my answer for details.

    – Revetahw
    Jun 4 '16 at 22:35



















  • I'm using xfce & my Dad's using Mint (but I'm pretty sure I did find the same thing when I was using unity) so excuse me if I'm wrong, but for both of us there is a simple native 'print queue' viewable without ever opening 'that little black window' as my dad calls it ;) where you can see and control jobs... I just find it poking around in the printer settings?

    – Zanna
    Jun 4 '16 at 19:12











  • @Zanna Oh, really? I'll have to check when I get to his computer, as I don't have any printer myself. But it wouldn't surprise me if it's that easy and he just missed it. Although I searched through AU and all the previous answers only mentioned CLI. BTW, sorry about overriding your edit. I was trying to fix the typos myself and our edits crashed or something.

    – Revetahw
    Jun 4 '16 at 19:18








  • 1





    @Zanna I'm looking forward to checking at his computer tomorrow, I hope it's that easy :)

    – Revetahw
    Jun 4 '16 at 19:40






  • 1





    Hope so, then you can answer your own question with a proper explanation of how to find it instead of my vague assurances that it exists!

    – Zanna
    Jun 4 '16 at 19:45






  • 1





    @Zanna I found it! It's indeed there in the GUI. But maybe not as easy to find as in XFCE or Mint :) See my answer for details.

    – Revetahw
    Jun 4 '16 at 22:35

















I'm using xfce & my Dad's using Mint (but I'm pretty sure I did find the same thing when I was using unity) so excuse me if I'm wrong, but for both of us there is a simple native 'print queue' viewable without ever opening 'that little black window' as my dad calls it ;) where you can see and control jobs... I just find it poking around in the printer settings?

– Zanna
Jun 4 '16 at 19:12





I'm using xfce & my Dad's using Mint (but I'm pretty sure I did find the same thing when I was using unity) so excuse me if I'm wrong, but for both of us there is a simple native 'print queue' viewable without ever opening 'that little black window' as my dad calls it ;) where you can see and control jobs... I just find it poking around in the printer settings?

– Zanna
Jun 4 '16 at 19:12













@Zanna Oh, really? I'll have to check when I get to his computer, as I don't have any printer myself. But it wouldn't surprise me if it's that easy and he just missed it. Although I searched through AU and all the previous answers only mentioned CLI. BTW, sorry about overriding your edit. I was trying to fix the typos myself and our edits crashed or something.

– Revetahw
Jun 4 '16 at 19:18







@Zanna Oh, really? I'll have to check when I get to his computer, as I don't have any printer myself. But it wouldn't surprise me if it's that easy and he just missed it. Although I searched through AU and all the previous answers only mentioned CLI. BTW, sorry about overriding your edit. I was trying to fix the typos myself and our edits crashed or something.

– Revetahw
Jun 4 '16 at 19:18






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@Zanna I'm looking forward to checking at his computer tomorrow, I hope it's that easy :)

– Revetahw
Jun 4 '16 at 19:40





@Zanna I'm looking forward to checking at his computer tomorrow, I hope it's that easy :)

– Revetahw
Jun 4 '16 at 19:40




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Hope so, then you can answer your own question with a proper explanation of how to find it instead of my vague assurances that it exists!

– Zanna
Jun 4 '16 at 19:45





Hope so, then you can answer your own question with a proper explanation of how to find it instead of my vague assurances that it exists!

– Zanna
Jun 4 '16 at 19:45




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@Zanna I found it! It's indeed there in the GUI. But maybe not as easy to find as in XFCE or Mint :) See my answer for details.

– Revetahw
Jun 4 '16 at 22:35





@Zanna I found it! It's indeed there in the GUI. But maybe not as easy to find as in XFCE or Mint :) See my answer for details.

– Revetahw
Jun 4 '16 at 22:35










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Calling the queue window in one double-click



Couldn't resist automating the job in a .desktop file in a scandalously dirty hack.





  1. Install xdotool



    sudo apt-get install xdotool


  2. Copy the code below into an empty file, save it as printerqueue.desktop


  3. Then either keep it on your desktop and make it excutable, or save it in ~/.local/share/applications



To use it, double click (on your desktop) or type Printer Queue (in Dash) to invoke the icon, and press return. Wait a few seconds (without clicking anywhere) and steps you did manually are done by the script.



enter image description here



The code



[Desktop Entry]
Exec=/bin/bash -c "'/usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py' & sleep 3 && xdotool key Control_L+f"
Name=Printer Queue
Type=Application
Icon=printer


Explanation



The printers window is called by the command:



/usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py


If we look into the file, it seems likely that we can somehow hack it to give it the option to show the queue from cli, since the queue window is a transient (child-) window the first one.



That would be the "clean" option on one hand, but I always feel restraint to do such a thing, Even if it was only for the possible trouble during updates.



So, the "honest" dirty option then :)






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  • @Fiksdal I think it is too dirty, but editing the file /usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py would be relatively easy :)

    – Jacob Vlijm
    Jun 5 '16 at 11:49













  • @Fksdal, is something not working?

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  • Yeah, it would probably be better for Canonical to do something similar without xdotool. BTW, I accepted this answer because I thought it was so cool. But then I realized that people who come to this post are probably looking for something without the terminal, so even though your answer is really cool and helpful, it might not be the first thing they wanna see on top.

    – Revetahw
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  • @Fiksdal it is without the terminal (apart from installing xdotool)! which doe not mean you should accept it, but was wondering why you unaccepted.

    – Jacob Vlijm
    Jun 5 '16 at 11:53








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    Thanks. Too bad about the .deb, but it's no big deal, this is not hard to set up anyway. I will also have to tell him to install xdotool before using this. Not too difficult to tell him over Whatsapp. He accepts terminal commands if it is just copy/paste :)

    – Revetahw
    Jun 6 '16 at 19:55



















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In addition to the "Printers" application, there is a CUPS web interface that can be used to view and manage printers and print jobs on your computer. Open a web browser and point it to http://localhost:631 and the print interface should appear.






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    This looks very cool.

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This is somewhat hidden in the GUI, but accessible through a keyboard shortcut:




  1. Press the Ubuntu logo on the launcher bar, type printers, open the Printers app.


  2. While in the Printers app, press Ctrl + F.


  3. A list of jobs will appear. From this list one can manage jobs, delete them, etc.



I've tested this on Ubuntu 14.04 and on Lubuntu 16.04 with Unity.



I learned it from this answer. Actually, this might be a duplicate of that question. But then again, it might not be, because of the GUI requirement.



My friend is happy now. His printer is working again. By the way, he also had to do this.






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I am assuming you are using Unity, you can make it stick by doing the suggested answer above and use "Lock to Launcher" i.e.:




  • Press the Ubuntu logo on the launcher bar, type printers, open the Printers app.

  • Right-click on the icon on the Launcher, and click "Lock To Launcher".

  • Then everytime, he needs to open the Printer Queue, he can just click on the icon on the launcher, and either right-click "View Print Job" or press "Ctrl-F" on the Printer he wants to check.


Hope this helps.






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    Maybe this will help you:



    bash -c "/usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py --show-jobs $(lpstat -d | sed 's/.*: //')"


    It starts the print queue GUI of your printer.
    And this command is prepared to be included in the menu configuration to create an icon to start this GUI. That is documented here.






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      Calling the queue window in one double-click



      Couldn't resist automating the job in a .desktop file in a scandalously dirty hack.





      1. Install xdotool



        sudo apt-get install xdotool


      2. Copy the code below into an empty file, save it as printerqueue.desktop


      3. Then either keep it on your desktop and make it excutable, or save it in ~/.local/share/applications



      To use it, double click (on your desktop) or type Printer Queue (in Dash) to invoke the icon, and press return. Wait a few seconds (without clicking anywhere) and steps you did manually are done by the script.



      enter image description here



      The code



      [Desktop Entry]
      Exec=/bin/bash -c "'/usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py' & sleep 3 && xdotool key Control_L+f"
      Name=Printer Queue
      Type=Application
      Icon=printer


      Explanation



      The printers window is called by the command:



      /usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py


      If we look into the file, it seems likely that we can somehow hack it to give it the option to show the queue from cli, since the queue window is a transient (child-) window the first one.



      That would be the "clean" option on one hand, but I always feel restraint to do such a thing, Even if it was only for the possible trouble during updates.



      So, the "honest" dirty option then :)






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      • @Fiksdal I think it is too dirty, but editing the file /usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py would be relatively easy :)

        – Jacob Vlijm
        Jun 5 '16 at 11:49













      • @Fksdal, is something not working?

        – Jacob Vlijm
        Jun 5 '16 at 11:50











      • Yeah, it would probably be better for Canonical to do something similar without xdotool. BTW, I accepted this answer because I thought it was so cool. But then I realized that people who come to this post are probably looking for something without the terminal, so even though your answer is really cool and helpful, it might not be the first thing they wanna see on top.

        – Revetahw
        Jun 5 '16 at 11:51











      • @Fiksdal it is without the terminal (apart from installing xdotool)! which doe not mean you should accept it, but was wondering why you unaccepted.

        – Jacob Vlijm
        Jun 5 '16 at 11:53








      • 1





        Thanks. Too bad about the .deb, but it's no big deal, this is not hard to set up anyway. I will also have to tell him to install xdotool before using this. Not too difficult to tell him over Whatsapp. He accepts terminal commands if it is just copy/paste :)

        – Revetahw
        Jun 6 '16 at 19:55
















      6














      Calling the queue window in one double-click



      Couldn't resist automating the job in a .desktop file in a scandalously dirty hack.





      1. Install xdotool



        sudo apt-get install xdotool


      2. Copy the code below into an empty file, save it as printerqueue.desktop


      3. Then either keep it on your desktop and make it excutable, or save it in ~/.local/share/applications



      To use it, double click (on your desktop) or type Printer Queue (in Dash) to invoke the icon, and press return. Wait a few seconds (without clicking anywhere) and steps you did manually are done by the script.



      enter image description here



      The code



      [Desktop Entry]
      Exec=/bin/bash -c "'/usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py' & sleep 3 && xdotool key Control_L+f"
      Name=Printer Queue
      Type=Application
      Icon=printer


      Explanation



      The printers window is called by the command:



      /usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py


      If we look into the file, it seems likely that we can somehow hack it to give it the option to show the queue from cli, since the queue window is a transient (child-) window the first one.



      That would be the "clean" option on one hand, but I always feel restraint to do such a thing, Even if it was only for the possible trouble during updates.



      So, the "honest" dirty option then :)






      share|improve this answer


























      • @Fiksdal I think it is too dirty, but editing the file /usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py would be relatively easy :)

        – Jacob Vlijm
        Jun 5 '16 at 11:49













      • @Fksdal, is something not working?

        – Jacob Vlijm
        Jun 5 '16 at 11:50











      • Yeah, it would probably be better for Canonical to do something similar without xdotool. BTW, I accepted this answer because I thought it was so cool. But then I realized that people who come to this post are probably looking for something without the terminal, so even though your answer is really cool and helpful, it might not be the first thing they wanna see on top.

        – Revetahw
        Jun 5 '16 at 11:51











      • @Fiksdal it is without the terminal (apart from installing xdotool)! which doe not mean you should accept it, but was wondering why you unaccepted.

        – Jacob Vlijm
        Jun 5 '16 at 11:53








      • 1





        Thanks. Too bad about the .deb, but it's no big deal, this is not hard to set up anyway. I will also have to tell him to install xdotool before using this. Not too difficult to tell him over Whatsapp. He accepts terminal commands if it is just copy/paste :)

        – Revetahw
        Jun 6 '16 at 19:55














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      6







      Calling the queue window in one double-click



      Couldn't resist automating the job in a .desktop file in a scandalously dirty hack.





      1. Install xdotool



        sudo apt-get install xdotool


      2. Copy the code below into an empty file, save it as printerqueue.desktop


      3. Then either keep it on your desktop and make it excutable, or save it in ~/.local/share/applications



      To use it, double click (on your desktop) or type Printer Queue (in Dash) to invoke the icon, and press return. Wait a few seconds (without clicking anywhere) and steps you did manually are done by the script.



      enter image description here



      The code



      [Desktop Entry]
      Exec=/bin/bash -c "'/usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py' & sleep 3 && xdotool key Control_L+f"
      Name=Printer Queue
      Type=Application
      Icon=printer


      Explanation



      The printers window is called by the command:



      /usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py


      If we look into the file, it seems likely that we can somehow hack it to give it the option to show the queue from cli, since the queue window is a transient (child-) window the first one.



      That would be the "clean" option on one hand, but I always feel restraint to do such a thing, Even if it was only for the possible trouble during updates.



      So, the "honest" dirty option then :)






      share|improve this answer















      Calling the queue window in one double-click



      Couldn't resist automating the job in a .desktop file in a scandalously dirty hack.





      1. Install xdotool



        sudo apt-get install xdotool


      2. Copy the code below into an empty file, save it as printerqueue.desktop


      3. Then either keep it on your desktop and make it excutable, or save it in ~/.local/share/applications



      To use it, double click (on your desktop) or type Printer Queue (in Dash) to invoke the icon, and press return. Wait a few seconds (without clicking anywhere) and steps you did manually are done by the script.



      enter image description here



      The code



      [Desktop Entry]
      Exec=/bin/bash -c "'/usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py' & sleep 3 && xdotool key Control_L+f"
      Name=Printer Queue
      Type=Application
      Icon=printer


      Explanation



      The printers window is called by the command:



      /usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py


      If we look into the file, it seems likely that we can somehow hack it to give it the option to show the queue from cli, since the queue window is a transient (child-) window the first one.



      That would be the "clean" option on one hand, but I always feel restraint to do such a thing, Even if it was only for the possible trouble during updates.



      So, the "honest" dirty option then :)







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      • @Fiksdal I think it is too dirty, but editing the file /usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py would be relatively easy :)

        – Jacob Vlijm
        Jun 5 '16 at 11:49













      • @Fksdal, is something not working?

        – Jacob Vlijm
        Jun 5 '16 at 11:50











      • Yeah, it would probably be better for Canonical to do something similar without xdotool. BTW, I accepted this answer because I thought it was so cool. But then I realized that people who come to this post are probably looking for something without the terminal, so even though your answer is really cool and helpful, it might not be the first thing they wanna see on top.

        – Revetahw
        Jun 5 '16 at 11:51











      • @Fiksdal it is without the terminal (apart from installing xdotool)! which doe not mean you should accept it, but was wondering why you unaccepted.

        – Jacob Vlijm
        Jun 5 '16 at 11:53








      • 1





        Thanks. Too bad about the .deb, but it's no big deal, this is not hard to set up anyway. I will also have to tell him to install xdotool before using this. Not too difficult to tell him over Whatsapp. He accepts terminal commands if it is just copy/paste :)

        – Revetahw
        Jun 6 '16 at 19:55



















      • @Fiksdal I think it is too dirty, but editing the file /usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py would be relatively easy :)

        – Jacob Vlijm
        Jun 5 '16 at 11:49













      • @Fksdal, is something not working?

        – Jacob Vlijm
        Jun 5 '16 at 11:50











      • Yeah, it would probably be better for Canonical to do something similar without xdotool. BTW, I accepted this answer because I thought it was so cool. But then I realized that people who come to this post are probably looking for something without the terminal, so even though your answer is really cool and helpful, it might not be the first thing they wanna see on top.

        – Revetahw
        Jun 5 '16 at 11:51











      • @Fiksdal it is without the terminal (apart from installing xdotool)! which doe not mean you should accept it, but was wondering why you unaccepted.

        – Jacob Vlijm
        Jun 5 '16 at 11:53








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        Thanks. Too bad about the .deb, but it's no big deal, this is not hard to set up anyway. I will also have to tell him to install xdotool before using this. Not too difficult to tell him over Whatsapp. He accepts terminal commands if it is just copy/paste :)

        – Revetahw
        Jun 6 '16 at 19:55

















      @Fiksdal I think it is too dirty, but editing the file /usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py would be relatively easy :)

      – Jacob Vlijm
      Jun 5 '16 at 11:49







      @Fiksdal I think it is too dirty, but editing the file /usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py would be relatively easy :)

      – Jacob Vlijm
      Jun 5 '16 at 11:49















      @Fksdal, is something not working?

      – Jacob Vlijm
      Jun 5 '16 at 11:50





      @Fksdal, is something not working?

      – Jacob Vlijm
      Jun 5 '16 at 11:50













      Yeah, it would probably be better for Canonical to do something similar without xdotool. BTW, I accepted this answer because I thought it was so cool. But then I realized that people who come to this post are probably looking for something without the terminal, so even though your answer is really cool and helpful, it might not be the first thing they wanna see on top.

      – Revetahw
      Jun 5 '16 at 11:51





      Yeah, it would probably be better for Canonical to do something similar without xdotool. BTW, I accepted this answer because I thought it was so cool. But then I realized that people who come to this post are probably looking for something without the terminal, so even though your answer is really cool and helpful, it might not be the first thing they wanna see on top.

      – Revetahw
      Jun 5 '16 at 11:51













      @Fiksdal it is without the terminal (apart from installing xdotool)! which doe not mean you should accept it, but was wondering why you unaccepted.

      – Jacob Vlijm
      Jun 5 '16 at 11:53







      @Fiksdal it is without the terminal (apart from installing xdotool)! which doe not mean you should accept it, but was wondering why you unaccepted.

      – Jacob Vlijm
      Jun 5 '16 at 11:53






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      Thanks. Too bad about the .deb, but it's no big deal, this is not hard to set up anyway. I will also have to tell him to install xdotool before using this. Not too difficult to tell him over Whatsapp. He accepts terminal commands if it is just copy/paste :)

      – Revetahw
      Jun 6 '16 at 19:55





      Thanks. Too bad about the .deb, but it's no big deal, this is not hard to set up anyway. I will also have to tell him to install xdotool before using this. Not too difficult to tell him over Whatsapp. He accepts terminal commands if it is just copy/paste :)

      – Revetahw
      Jun 6 '16 at 19:55













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      In addition to the "Printers" application, there is a CUPS web interface that can be used to view and manage printers and print jobs on your computer. Open a web browser and point it to http://localhost:631 and the print interface should appear.






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        This looks very cool.

        – Revetahw
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      In addition to the "Printers" application, there is a CUPS web interface that can be used to view and manage printers and print jobs on your computer. Open a web browser and point it to http://localhost:631 and the print interface should appear.






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        This looks very cool.

        – Revetahw
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      In addition to the "Printers" application, there is a CUPS web interface that can be used to view and manage printers and print jobs on your computer. Open a web browser and point it to http://localhost:631 and the print interface should appear.






      share|improve this answer















      In addition to the "Printers" application, there is a CUPS web interface that can be used to view and manage printers and print jobs on your computer. Open a web browser and point it to http://localhost:631 and the print interface should appear.







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        This looks very cool.

        – Revetahw
        Jun 4 '16 at 22:27














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        This looks very cool.

        – Revetahw
        Jun 4 '16 at 22:27








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      This looks very cool.

      – Revetahw
      Jun 4 '16 at 22:27





      This looks very cool.

      – Revetahw
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      This is somewhat hidden in the GUI, but accessible through a keyboard shortcut:




      1. Press the Ubuntu logo on the launcher bar, type printers, open the Printers app.


      2. While in the Printers app, press Ctrl + F.


      3. A list of jobs will appear. From this list one can manage jobs, delete them, etc.



      I've tested this on Ubuntu 14.04 and on Lubuntu 16.04 with Unity.



      I learned it from this answer. Actually, this might be a duplicate of that question. But then again, it might not be, because of the GUI requirement.



      My friend is happy now. His printer is working again. By the way, he also had to do this.






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        +1 for nice answer & proving I'm not imagining things!

        – Zanna
        Jun 5 '16 at 3:57
















      6














      This is somewhat hidden in the GUI, but accessible through a keyboard shortcut:




      1. Press the Ubuntu logo on the launcher bar, type printers, open the Printers app.


      2. While in the Printers app, press Ctrl + F.


      3. A list of jobs will appear. From this list one can manage jobs, delete them, etc.



      I've tested this on Ubuntu 14.04 and on Lubuntu 16.04 with Unity.



      I learned it from this answer. Actually, this might be a duplicate of that question. But then again, it might not be, because of the GUI requirement.



      My friend is happy now. His printer is working again. By the way, he also had to do this.






      share|improve this answer





















      • 2





        +1 for nice answer & proving I'm not imagining things!

        – Zanna
        Jun 5 '16 at 3:57














      6












      6








      6







      This is somewhat hidden in the GUI, but accessible through a keyboard shortcut:




      1. Press the Ubuntu logo on the launcher bar, type printers, open the Printers app.


      2. While in the Printers app, press Ctrl + F.


      3. A list of jobs will appear. From this list one can manage jobs, delete them, etc.



      I've tested this on Ubuntu 14.04 and on Lubuntu 16.04 with Unity.



      I learned it from this answer. Actually, this might be a duplicate of that question. But then again, it might not be, because of the GUI requirement.



      My friend is happy now. His printer is working again. By the way, he also had to do this.






      share|improve this answer















      This is somewhat hidden in the GUI, but accessible through a keyboard shortcut:




      1. Press the Ubuntu logo on the launcher bar, type printers, open the Printers app.


      2. While in the Printers app, press Ctrl + F.


      3. A list of jobs will appear. From this list one can manage jobs, delete them, etc.



      I've tested this on Ubuntu 14.04 and on Lubuntu 16.04 with Unity.



      I learned it from this answer. Actually, this might be a duplicate of that question. But then again, it might not be, because of the GUI requirement.



      My friend is happy now. His printer is working again. By the way, he also had to do this.







      share|improve this answer














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      RevetahwRevetahw

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        +1 for nice answer & proving I'm not imagining things!

        – Zanna
        Jun 5 '16 at 3:57














      • 2





        +1 for nice answer & proving I'm not imagining things!

        – Zanna
        Jun 5 '16 at 3:57








      2




      2





      +1 for nice answer & proving I'm not imagining things!

      – Zanna
      Jun 5 '16 at 3:57





      +1 for nice answer & proving I'm not imagining things!

      – Zanna
      Jun 5 '16 at 3:57











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      I am assuming you are using Unity, you can make it stick by doing the suggested answer above and use "Lock to Launcher" i.e.:




      • Press the Ubuntu logo on the launcher bar, type printers, open the Printers app.

      • Right-click on the icon on the Launcher, and click "Lock To Launcher".

      • Then everytime, he needs to open the Printer Queue, he can just click on the icon on the launcher, and either right-click "View Print Job" or press "Ctrl-F" on the Printer he wants to check.


      Hope this helps.






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        I am assuming you are using Unity, you can make it stick by doing the suggested answer above and use "Lock to Launcher" i.e.:




        • Press the Ubuntu logo on the launcher bar, type printers, open the Printers app.

        • Right-click on the icon on the Launcher, and click "Lock To Launcher".

        • Then everytime, he needs to open the Printer Queue, he can just click on the icon on the launcher, and either right-click "View Print Job" or press "Ctrl-F" on the Printer he wants to check.


        Hope this helps.






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          0







          I am assuming you are using Unity, you can make it stick by doing the suggested answer above and use "Lock to Launcher" i.e.:




          • Press the Ubuntu logo on the launcher bar, type printers, open the Printers app.

          • Right-click on the icon on the Launcher, and click "Lock To Launcher".

          • Then everytime, he needs to open the Printer Queue, he can just click on the icon on the launcher, and either right-click "View Print Job" or press "Ctrl-F" on the Printer he wants to check.


          Hope this helps.






          share|improve this answer













          I am assuming you are using Unity, you can make it stick by doing the suggested answer above and use "Lock to Launcher" i.e.:




          • Press the Ubuntu logo on the launcher bar, type printers, open the Printers app.

          • Right-click on the icon on the Launcher, and click "Lock To Launcher".

          • Then everytime, he needs to open the Printer Queue, he can just click on the icon on the launcher, and either right-click "View Print Job" or press "Ctrl-F" on the Printer he wants to check.


          Hope this helps.







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          Lye Heng FooLye Heng Foo

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              Maybe this will help you:



              bash -c "/usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py --show-jobs $(lpstat -d | sed 's/.*: //')"


              It starts the print queue GUI of your printer.
              And this command is prepared to be included in the menu configuration to create an icon to start this GUI. That is documented here.






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                Maybe this will help you:



                bash -c "/usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py --show-jobs $(lpstat -d | sed 's/.*: //')"


                It starts the print queue GUI of your printer.
                And this command is prepared to be included in the menu configuration to create an icon to start this GUI. That is documented here.






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                  Maybe this will help you:



                  bash -c "/usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py --show-jobs $(lpstat -d | sed 's/.*: //')"


                  It starts the print queue GUI of your printer.
                  And this command is prepared to be included in the menu configuration to create an icon to start this GUI. That is documented here.






                  share|improve this answer













                  Maybe this will help you:



                  bash -c "/usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py --show-jobs $(lpstat -d | sed 's/.*: //')"


                  It starts the print queue GUI of your printer.
                  And this command is prepared to be included in the menu configuration to create an icon to start this GUI. That is documented here.







                  share|improve this answer












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