Papercut - Delete jobs in print queue

[timbo343]

We have papercut setup but only to monitor printing activity. I was wondering if there is a way to delete jobs after say 30 mins without using the user/manager release feature.

 

This would be handy in scenarios where users print a document say 10 mins to go at the end of a lesson but either the printer has run out of paper or there is an error with the printer. The only thing i can see regarding this is the user/manager print release which isn't what i'm after.

 

I maybe looking in the wrong place but i don't think i've ever seen this feature and ive had it since version 8, now on version 14.

[Abaddon]

The only place I've seen is under Options - General - Hold/Release queues.. but this is only valid if you have the release station, as you say.

[timbo343]

I thought that might be the case. I wonder if a script might be able to sort this issue out, trouble is, i don't have any scripting knowledge.

[Abaddon]

Me either! At that point though, the job has passed through Papercut and is now in the printers queue isn't it? Therefore, any scripting would be at the print queues, not Papercut?

[timbo343]

Hmm i guess so yeah..

[fiza]

There is a hardware verification check aswell to see if the printer actually printed anything.

 

Whether this helps in your case im not sure.

 

Validating page counts using hardware checks

[Laurent_NEWDOC]

Hi,

 

It's possible to delete future print jobs with a Papercut script on the print queue when a print job is already present in print queue and in error state.

 

 

I could give you this script if you are interested.

[fiza]

Hi,

 

It's possible to delete future print jobs with a Papercut script on the print queue when a print job is already present in print queue and in error state.

 

 

I could give you this script if you are interested.

 

Please post the script

[Laurent_NEWDOC]

Here he is:

 

If PaperCut Client is running on the computer, it's possible to notify users when jobs are deleted.

 

In this case, we need to add this line after "actions.job.cancel();":

actions.client.sendMessage("Your print job was deleted because the printer is in error state");

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/*

* Delete jobs on error without confirmation

*/

function printJobHook(inputs, actions) {

/*

* If Print queue is in error:

*/

if (inputs.printer.isStatusError) {

/*

* Delete the print Jobs

*/

actions.job.cancel();

}

}