Chapter 13. Accessing the CUPS logs in the systemd journal

• Error messages
• Access log entries
• Page log entries

Prerequisites

• CUPS is installed.

Procedure

• Display the log entries:

  • To display all log entries, enter:

    # journalctl -u cups

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  • To display the log entries for a specific print job, enter:

    # journalctl -u cups JID=<print_job_id>

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  • To display log entries within a specific time frame, enter:

    # journalectl -u cups --since=<YYYY-MM-DD> --until=<YYYY-MM-DD>

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    Replace YYYY with the year, MM with the month, and DD with the day.