Is there an easy way to view the print queue?

Solution 1:

system-config-printer works.

1. Press the Ubuntu logo on the launcher bar, type printers, open the Printers app.

2. While in the Printers app, press Ctrl + F.

3. A list of jobs will appear. From this list one can manage jobs, delete them, etc.

Solution 2:

lpstat -R

from the pre-installed cups-client package.

Sample output with 2 jobs:

0 XP-202-203-206-Series-27 ciro              1024 Wed 22 Apr 2015 12:44:38 PM CEST
1 XP-202-203-206-Series-28 ciro              1024 Wed 22 Apr 2015 12:49:08 PM CEST

Jobs disappear once done.

Other possibilities:

• visit http://localhost:631/jobs/

• lpq -a from cups-bsd as mentioned at: Cancelling print jobs and dealing with printer

Also check out this great tutorial: https://web.archive.org/web/20150912145157/http://www.eecs.utk.edu/resources/it/kb/printing/linux-command-line/

CLI is always the more stable way :-)