If you have a printer connected to your Mac, you can see the print jobs you currently have in the queue. And if you use a shared printer, this can be handy to confirm that you’ve sent your job to the printer and are still waiting your turn.
At the same time, you might want to see completed jobs. Again, with a shared printer, you may find that items you thought you printed are nowhere to be found. You can check to see if your item did, in fact, print successfully. You can then hunt down the coworker or family member who accidentally grabbed your printed items.
Here, we’ll show youhow to view details of print jobs on your Mac, including currently printing jobs and completed jobs.
View the print queue
When you send a job to your printer on Mac, the Printer icon displays in Dock. This is an obvious indicator that you’re printing something.
Printer icon badges
View the job
To see what is currently printing, click thatPrinter iconin your Dock. Alternatively, you can openSystem Preferences>Printers & Scannersand click theOpen Print Queuebutton for your printer. A small window will open, showing you the current print job.
From there, you’re able to use thepause button to the right to pause your print job, or thepause button in the toolbar to pause everyone’s print jobsfor shared printers. Hit the same button to resume printing.
See completed print jobs
1)Go toSystem Preferences>Printers & Scanners.
2)Select your printer on the left.
3)ClickWindow>Show Completed Jobsfrom the menu bar.
4)A pop-up window will display showing completed jobs with the status, item name, user who printed it, the date and time it was sent to the printer, and the date and time the job was completed.
To view completed print jobs by everyone for a shared printer, clickJobs>Show Everyone’s Jobsfrom the menu bar. To see only yours again, clickJobs>Show My Jobs.
Have you ever planned to print something, got distracted, and then wondered if you actually hit the Print button? Without getting up from your desk to check theprinter, you can view the print queue and completed jobs right from your Mac.
Do you print as much as you used to? Or are you doing more digitally now? Let us know!
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