Canceling a print job

Canceling a print job from the printer control panel

If the job is formatting or already printing, and Cancel a job appears on the first line of the display:

  1. Press the up or down arrow button until checkmarkCancel appears.

    A list of jobs appears.

  2. Press the up or down arrow button until checkmark appears next to the job you want to cancel, and then press select button.

  3. Note: Once a print job is sent, to easily cancel a job, press stop button. The Stopped screen appears. Press the up or down arrow button until checkmarkCancel a job appears, and then press picture of select button.

Canceling a print job from the computer

For Windows users

  1. Open the printers folder:

    1. Click the Vista Start button, or click Start and then click Run.

    2. In the Start Search or Run box, type control printers.

    3. Press Enter, or click OK.

      The printers folder opens.

  2. Double-click the printer icon.

  3. Select the job to cancel.

  4. From the keyboard, press Delete.

From the Windows taskbar:

When you send a job to print, a small printer icon appears in the right corner of the taskbar.

  1. Double-click the printer icon.

    A list of print jobs appears in the printer window.

  2. Select a job to cancel.

  3. From the keyboard, press Delete.

For Macintosh users

In Mac OS X version 10.5 or later:

  1. From the Apple menu, choose System Preferences.

  2. Click Print & Fax, and then double-click the printer icon.

  3. From the printer window, select the job to cancel.

  4. From the icon bar at the top of the window, click the Delete icon.

In Mac OS X version 10.4 and earlier:

  1. From the Go menu, choose Applications.

  2. Double-click Utilities, and then double-click Printer Setup Utility or Print Center.

  3. Double-click the printer icon.

  4. From the printer window, select the job to cancel.

  5. From the icon bar at the top of the window, click the Delete icon.