How to Cancel a Print on Epson and Delete the Print Queue
It turns out that a print job in progress can be canceled without having to wait for it to complete, including on Epson printers . Printers are also designed to clear the print queue.
There are several ways to cancel a print job on an Epson printer . According to Epson's official website , there are three different ways to cancel a print job.
How to Cancel a Print on Epson
There are three ways to cancel a print job on an Epson printer. Here's how:
1. Cancel the printing process via the printer machine
If you're in a hurry to stop printing on an Epson printer , you can simply press the button with the circled arrow. This method is quite effective in stopping the printing process immediately, even if the document data has already been read by the printer.
Additionally, you can remove the paper from the paper tray to immediately cancel the print process. This will reduce paper waste due to misprints.
2. Cancel the Print Process via Computer
If you want to cancel a print job on your computer , there's one thing to keep in mind. According to Microsoft , pages in a document whose data has already been read by the printer cannot be canceled on your computer.
The printer will continue printing the page until it is finished and then stop printing on the next page.
To do this, you can cancel the print process in the document's source application. For example, in Microsoft Excel , when printing a document from Excel , the Printing dialog box will automatically appear. You can immediately press the " Cancel" button in that box.
However, if the Printing dialog box in the application disappears too quickly, you can stop the printing process via the Progress Meter dialog box .
This dialog box will appear in the bottom right corner of your computer screen while you're printing. To stop the printing process , press the " Stop" button in the box.
3. Clearing the Print Queue via Windows Settings
In fact, you can also clear the print queue in the Progress Meter dialog box . However, to learn more, here's how to clear the print queue through Settings in Windows.
- Press the Windows icon on the keyboard, select the gear icon to open “Settings”
- Select “Devices”
- On the left side screen, select “Printers and scanners”
- Tap on the name of the printer used for printing.
- Press "Open queue"
- The print queue will open and display a list of all the documents that are to be printed.
- Select the document you want to cancel the printing process for, right click and press "Cancel"
- Finally, on the pop-up "Are you sure……." press "Yes"
