[cups] Completed Jobs are saved to /var/spool/cups and not deleted

Tim Smith tsmith at colgate.edu
Wed Jun 3 06:28:17 PDT 2015


Thank you Helge.  I will give this a try.



Thanks,


Tim

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On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 5:22 PM, Helge Blischke <helgeblischke at web.de> wrote:

> The default time job files are preserved after printed is 1 day. You may
> shorten this period by
> setting
> PreserveJobFiles nnn
> in cupsd.conf, where nnn is the number of seconds the job files should
> remain after being printed.
> Note that you may do this setting using the command
> cupsctl PreserveJobFiles=nnn
> instead of editing the cups.conf file.
>
> Helge
>
> > Am 02.06.2015 um 22:12 schrieb Tim Smith <tsmith at colgate.edu>:
> >
> > I have an OSX 10.9 user who prints large files to Xerox Printers via a
> > freeflow or firey server.  These jobs are usually PDF's from indesign or
> > Photoshop images. The Jobs print but the files, most 10GB plus are saved
> in
> > the /var/spool/cups folder and not deleted.  His hard drive fills up
> > quickly as this is a print shop.  How can I change them to be deleted
> after
> > successful printing?
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >
> > Tim
> >
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