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Canceling a print job before printing has started

Cancel the print job from the computer.

Windows

1Double-click the printer icon on the task bar of your computer.

2Select the print job you want to cancel, click the [Document] menu, and then click [Cancel].

Mac OS X

1Start Print Center.

2Select the name of the job you want to cancel.

3Click the Pause icon, and then click the Trash icon.

Note

  • If the printer is shared by multiple computers, be careful not to cancel the print job of another user.

  • If you cancel a print job that has already been processed, printing may continue for a few pages before being canceled.

  • If you cancel a Locked Print job, the machine might have already stored some pages of the job as a Locked Print file. If this happens, use the control panel to delete the Locked Print file.

  • It may take a while to cancel a large print job.

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