9.4 Monitoring Print Jobs

KJobViewer lets you monitor print jobs. Print jobs are placed in a queue, from which they are consecutively sent to the printer. As long as your jobs are not printed, you can edit them with the Jobs menu or by clicking the respective icon.

To start KJobViewer, click NUtilitiesPrintingPrint Jobs, or type kjobviewer in a terminal window.

For example, if you want to see if you sent the correct document to the printer, you can stop the job and then resume it if you decide to print it. You can remove your own print jobs from the queue with Remove. To change the printer, select a different printer with Move to Printer.

To reprint a document, click FilterToggle Completed Jobs, select the document you want, and then click JobsRestart. Job IPP Report contains the technical details of a job. Use Increase Priority and Decrease Priority to set the priority, depending on how quickly you need the document.

Filter lets you switch between various printers, toggle completed jobs, and limit the view to just your own print jobs by selecting Show Only User Jobs. The current user is displayed in the top right field.

SettingsConfigure KJobViewer opens a configuration dialog. You can determine the maximum number of print jobs to display. Specify a number in the field or use the slider to the right to determine a value.

The icons in the toolbar correspond to the functions you can access on the menu. Help text explaining the function is displayed when you mouse over one of the icons.

The job list consists of eight columns. The job ID is automatically assigned by the print system to identify the various jobs. The next column contains the login of the user who sent the job followed by the filename of the document. The status column indicates whether a job is still in the queue, currently being printed, or already completed. Next, the size of the document is displayed in kilobytes (KB) and number of pages. The default priority of 50 can be increased or reduced if necessary. Billing information can be cost centers or other company-specific information. If you right-click a job in the list, the Jobs menu opens under the mouse pointer, allowing you to select an action. Only a few functions are available for completed jobs. If you click Keep Window Permanent, the KJobViewer window opens automatically when you log in the next time. You can also start KJobViewer using the Printer icon in the panel.