Viewing print request content

[Cary Ferbrache]

Is there a way to view the content of a print request either through the GUI or command line?

[Michael Sweet]

Cary,

Do you mean the document data, the job attributes, or both?

Post by Cary Ferbrache
Is there a way to view the content of a print request either through the GUI or command line?
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[Cary Ferbrache]

Post by Michael Sweet
Cary,
Do you mean the document data, the job attributes, or both?

Post by Cary Ferbrache
Is there a way to view the content of a print request either through the GUI or command line?
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The document data. What would actually print.

[Michael Sweet]

Cary,

Post by Cary Ferbrache
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The document data. What would actually print.

OK, so on a Mac you can open up the printer window (double-click on printer in Print & Scan pref pane in System Preferences) and then double-click on the job in the window to view it.

For other platforms you can use the cupsfilter program in recent (CUPS 1.4 or newer) to obtain a version of a job suitable for viewing, e.g.:

cupsfilter -j job-id -m application/pdf >tempfile.pdf

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