Clearing output queues

When a job creates printer output it is sent to an output queue to be printed. Most likely you do not print all the printer output created. System i® Navigator gives you the ability to clean out your output queues using the Clear option. Clearing an output queue can delete all output from the queue.

System i Navigator

To clear an output queue, follow these steps:

From System i Navigator, expand My Connections > Connection > Work Management > Output Queues.
Right-click the output queue that you want to clear, and click Clear.

Character-based interface

Command: Clear Output Queue (CLROUTQ)

This command removes the entries for all spooled files from the output queue, QPRINT, that are waiting to be printed or are being held. The entries for the file currently being printed and files still receiving data from programs that are currently running are not affected.

CLROUTQ   OUTQ(QPRINT)