On our 10.5 machines I have them run "cancel -a" at logout.

I am also looking for a nice script that could be run via Self Service to clear all print Queues, or/and clear the permission issues you sometimes get with these printers that then ask for the user to enter an admin username and password.

We support many systems in many buildings so a script that would be helpful is one that can work on any print queue on that system not just specific printers.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks

I haven't tested this extensively, but might be a good starting point:

#!/bin/bash

# Cancel all jobs on all destinations and their corresponding data files

cancel -ax



# Cancel all jobs using another method: lprm

lprm -



for printer in $(lpstat -p | awk '{print $2}')

do

    # Set the printer to abort stuck jobs from now on  

    lpadmin -p $P -o printer-error-policy=abort-job



    # Cancel all jobs and their corresponding data files

    cancel -ax $printer



    # Cancel all jobs using another method: lprm

    lprm -P $printer



    # Cancel jobs and disable CUPS

    cupsdisable -c $printer



    # Cancel jobs while re-enabling CUPS

    cupsenable -c $printer



# Complete the for loop 

done

Please run this script once only to disable admin auth prompt asking to resume printers, delete own print jobs etc...After this standard uses will be able to do those tasks without admin privileges.

#!/bin/bash



#

# Enable print operator privileges for everyone to manage printer operations (resume printers, delete print jobs, etc..)

#

/usr/bin/security authorizationdb write system.print.operator allow



exit 0

Run this at logon/logoff/Self Service to remove existing print jobs and re-enable any paused printers.

#! /bin/bash



# 

# Remove existing print jobs and re-enable any paused printers 

#



# Clearour all exixting print jobs

/usr/bin/cancel -a - 



# Find disabled printers

disabledprinters=`/usr/bin/lpstat -p | /usr/bin/grep "disabled" | /usr/bin/awk '{print $2}'` 



# Re-enable disabled printers

/usr/sbin/cupsenable $disabledprinters



exit 0