Mac OS X 10.2: Document Printed to Shared Printer Can‘t Be Deleted in Print Center

You may not be able to delete a document from Print Center that you tried to print to a shared printer.
Symptom

A shared printer appears in your printer list even though you have turned off the option to "Show printers connected to other computers".

A shared printer contains a print job, but you cannot delete the print job in Print Center.


Solution

Use the CUPS Web Admin utility.

1. Open a Web browser and go to the address: http://127.0.0.1:631
2. Click the "Manage Jobs" link.
3. Select print job then click the "Cancel Job" button.

Note: Only use the CUPS Web Admin Utility when you cannot resolve an issue in Print Center.

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Published Date: Oct 10, 2016