How to View Recent Print History

Press 'Windows' to open Windows Start, type 'Run' and then press 'Enter.' Delete any text that appears in the field next to 'Open.'
Type 'eventvwr.msc' into the field next to 'Open' and then click the 'OK' button to open Event Viewer.
Select |'Applications and Services Logs'|'Microsoft'|'Windows'|'PrintService'|. The PrintService folder contains administrative and operational controls for print services in Windows.
Right-click 'Operational' and then select 'Enable Log.' This command enables logging of all future print jobs and can be viewed anytime by returning to the PrintService folder in the Event Viewer.



Press 'Windows' to open Windows Start, type 'devices and printers' and then select 'Devices and Printers' from the results. In Windows 8.1, you must select 'Settings' and then 'Devices and Printers.'
Right-click the printer for which you want to view print jobs for and then select 'See What's Printing.' The print queue window opens for your selected printer.
Scroll through the list of print jobs to view the jobs that are currently queued. This list contains recently queued print jobs that have not completed yet.