Showing posts with label Spooler. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spooler. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Manually Clear Print Spooler of a Stuck Print Job

Printer frozen or can't delete queued job

  1. Click "start"
  2. Type "Run"
  3. Type "Services"
  4. Open "Services" Program
  5. Scroll down the list in the right pane and find "Print Spooler"
  6. Right-click "Print Spooler"
  7. Select "stop" (This will stop the computer running the process that holds print queues)
  8. Minimize the "Services" window (Or just leave it open)
  9. Click "Start"
  10. Select "My Computer" (Opens Windows Explorer window)
  11. Note: You've stopped the queue service, now you have to clear the jam that is already there
  12. Navigate to the print spool folder. Most likely C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\spool\\PRINTERS (Yours may be slightly different)
  13. Note: Windows may warn you that you are about to view system files.  Click "View files anyway" message and find the "spool folder"
  14. Open the "Printers" folder