2022-08-29
user that cannot print It's most likely a corrupt file in the print spool folder that is causing the service to stop. The simple fix is 1) Stop the print spool service (Print Spooler) 2) Go to C:\Windows\system32\spool\printers 3) delete any of the files that are in there 4) start the print spooler back up In my experience this is the issue 99% of the time. I've seen this being cause mostly by a user printing a web page that has a flash element in it.
From <https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/124766-print-spooler>
To remove spooled print jobs that could be causing this problem, simply remove (or delete) files with extensions of “.spl” or “.shd” from the Spool location while the Print Spooler is stopped. This location is generally “c:\<windows directory>\system32\spool\printers” (it could have been manually changed).
From <https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/237490-print-spooler-madness>
http://www.brianmadden.com/forums/t/15322.aspx
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934885
* To remove spooled print jobs that could be causing this problem, simply remove (or delete) files with extensions of “.spl” or “.shd” from the Spool location while the Print Spooler is stopped. This location is generally “c:\<windows directory>\system32\spool\printers”
http://www.sysprobs.com/print-spooler-stopping-automatically-fix
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/118934-45-printer-spool-running
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/256169-45-print-spooler-start-error-1068-start-lexbce-server
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/249890-45-windows-print-spooler-stops-adding-printer
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/122437-45-system-find-print-spooler-service
http://www.technipages.com/fix-for-the-print-spooler-service-is-not-running-error.html