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prnjbs.vbs

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Updated: January 21, 2005

Pauses, resumes, cancels, and lists print jobs. Used without parameters, prnjobs.vbs displays command-line help for the prnjobs.vbs command.

To pause a print job

Syntax
cscript prnjobs-z [-sRemoteComputer]-pPrinterName-jJobNumber [-uUserName-wPassword]
Parameters
-z
Required. Specifies that you want to pause a print job.
-sRemoteComputer
Specifies, by name, the remote computer to which the print job you want to pause was sent. If you do not specify a computer, the local computer is used.
-pPrinterName
Required. Specifies, by name, the printer that would print the job you want to pause.
-jJobNumber
Required. Specifies, by ID number, the print job you want to pause.
-uUserName-w Password
Specifies an account with permissions to connect by using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) services to the computer to which the print job you want to pause was sent. All members of the Administrators group for that computer have these permissions, but the permissions can also be granted to other users. If you do not specify an account, you must be logged on under an account with these permissions for the command to work. For more information on WMI, see Related Topics.
/?
Displays help at the command prompt.
Remarks
  • This command starts a script that is located in the systemroot\system32 directory. You must type this command at a command prompt with that directory as the current directory, or you must type the full path to that directory at the beginning of the cscript command.
  • To display a list of print jobs and their ID numbers, use this command with the -l parameter.
  • If the information that you supply contains spaces, use quotation marks around the text (for example, "Computer Name").
 
Examples
To pause a print job with a job ID of 27 sent to the remote computer named HRServer for printing on the printer named ColorPrinter, type:

cscript prnjobs.vbs -z -s HRServer -p ColorPrinter -j 27

To resume a print job

 
 
Syntax
cscript prnjobs-m [-sRemoteComputer]-pPrinterName-jJobNumber [-uUserName-wPassword]
Parameters
-m
Required. Specifies that you want to resume a print job.
-sRemoteComputer
Specifies, by name, the remote computer to which the print job you want to resume was sent. If you do not specify a computer, the local computer is used.
-pPrinterName
Required. Specifies, by name, the printer that will print the job you want to resume.
-jJobNumber
Required. Specifies, by ID number, the print job you want to resume.
-uUserName-wPassword
Specifies an account with permissions to connect by using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) services to the computer to which the print job you want to resume was sent. All members of the Administrators group for that computer have these permissions, but the permissions can also be granted to other users. If you do not specify an account, you must be logged on under an account with these permissions for the command to work. For more information on WMI, see Related Topics.
/?
Displays help at the command prompt.
Remarks
  • This command starts a script that is located in the systemroot\system32 directory. You must type this command at a command prompt with that directory as the current directory, or you must type the full path to that directory at the beginning of the cscript command.
  • To display a list of print jobs and their ID numbers, use this command with the -l parameter.
  • If the information that you supply contains spaces, use quotation marks around the text (for example, "Computer Name").

To cancel a print job

 
 
Syntax
cscript prnjobs-x [-sRemoteComputer]-pPrinterName-jJobNumber [-uUserName-wPassword]
Parameters
-x
Required. Specifies that you want to cancel a print job.
-sRemoteComputer
Specifies, by name, the remote computer to which the job you want to cancel was sent. If you do not specify a computer, the local computer is used.
-pPrinterName
Required. Specifies, by name, the printer that would print the job that you want to cancel.
-jJobNumber
Required. Specifies, by ID number, the print job you want to cancel.
-uUserName-wPassword
Specifies an account with permissions to connect by using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) services to the computer to which the print job you want to cancel was sent. All members of the Administrators group for that computer have these permissions, but the permissions can also be granted to other users. If you do not specify an account, you must be logged on under an account with these permissions for the command to work. For more information on WMI, see Related Topics.
/?
Displays help at the command prompt.
Remarks
  • This command starts a script that is located in the systemroot\system32 directory. You must type this command at a command prompt with that directory as the current directory, or you must type the full path to that directory at the beginning of the cscript command.
  • To display a list of print jobs and their ID numbers, use this command with the -l parameter.
  • If the information that you supply contains spaces, use quotation marks around the text (for example, "Computer Name").

 

To list the print jobs in a print queue

 
 
Syntax
cscript prnjobs-l [-sRemoteComputer] [-pPrinterName] [-uUserName-wPassword]
Parameters
-l
Required. Specifies that you want to list all the print jobs in a print queue.
-sRemoteComputer
Specifies, by name, the remote computer that hosts the print queue whose jobs you want to list. If you do not specify a computer, the local computer is used.
-pPrinterName
Specifies, by name, the printer whose print queue contains the jobs you want to list. If you do not specify a printer, then all jobs in all print queues are listed.
-uUserName-w Password
Specifies an account with permissions to connect by using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) services to the computer that hosts the print queue whose jobs you want to list. All members of the Administrators group for that computer have these permissions, but the permissions can also be granted to other users. If you do not specify an account, you must be logged on under an account with these permissions for the command to work. For more information on WMI, see Related Topics.
/?
Displays help at the command prompt.
Remarks
  • This command starts a script that is located in the systemroot\system32 directory. You must type this command at a command prompt with that directory as the current directory, or you must type the full path to that directory at the beginning of the cscript command.
  • To display a list of print jobs and their ID numbers, use this command with the -l parameter.
  • If the information that you supply contains spaces, use quotation marks around the text (for example, "Computer Name").
Examples
To list all current print jobs in the queue for the local printer named ColorPrinter_2, type:

cscript prnjobs.vbs -l -p ColorPrinter_2

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