Manage printers and print jobs with Print Centre on Mac
In Print Centre on your Mac, you can manage your print jobs, view different printer queues, and pause or delete print jobs as needed. Print Centre opens automatically when you send a print job to your printer, or you can open Print Centre manually in the Utilities folder. When Print Center opens, you see the status of printers you added to your Mac and the current print jobs.
Important: If you see an alert that your printer is offline, you may need to solve a problem with the printer before you can print to it.
Pause, resume or cancel printing
In Print Centre on your Mac, do any of the following:
Pause or resume a print job: Select the print job, then click
or 
.Pause or resume all print jobs to a printer: Select the printer in the sidebar, then click
or 
in the toolbar.Delete a print job: Select the print job, then click
.
View information about completed print jobs
After you print, you can view information about a document you printed, such as the time and date.
In Print Centre
on your Mac, choose Window > Completed Jobs.
Set up and manage printers
In Print Centre on your Mac, you can set up and manage printers. Do any of the following:
Open the Print Centre: Print Centre opens automatically when you send a print job to a printer. To open Print Centre manually, double-click the Print Centre icon in the Utilities folder of the Applications folder.
Add a printer: Choose Printer > Add Printer to set up a new printer to use. See Add a printer to your printer list so you can use it.
Set a default printer: Select the printer in the sidebar, then choose Printer > Make Default. See Choose your default printer.
Add a printer’s icon to the Dock: Choose Printer > Add to Dock. You can add a printer’s icon to the Dock and then drag files (such as PDFs and image files) to the icon to quickly print a document.
Remove a printer: Select the printer in the sidebar, then choose Printer > Remove Printer. See Remove a printer from your printer list when you don’t use it.
Show printer options: Select the printer in the sidebar, choose Printer > Printer Info, then click the Options tab.
Show printer supplies: Select the printer in the sidebar, then choose Printer > Printer Info, then click the Supply Levels tab. See Check a printer’s ink levels.
Print a test page: Select the printer in the sidebar, then choose Printer > Print Test Page.