http://www.brianmadden.com/forums/t/15322.aspx

• @echo off
• :: clnspool.cmd - delete pending print jobs and restart spooler
• :: for Citrix PS4 environment, uncomment the following line and later line
• :: net stop “Citrix Print Manager Service”
• del /q %systemroot%\system32\spool\printers\*.*
• net start spooler
• :: net start “Citrix Print Manager Service”
• :done

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934885

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_xp-hardware/print-spooler-service-is-not-running/31596c8a-f954-4c23-b4c9-e2d12839353d

* 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://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverprint/thread/247959b9-a750-4252-86ee-8df6b41337c3/

http://www.print-spooler.org/

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://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/itprovistaprinting/thread/cad5221a-d21b-4bf0-8e86-cacae254cb52

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-hardware/local-printer-spooler-service-is-not-running-error/683aa0f0-5fe4-424f-bf6a-d1a136753c7c

http://www.technipages.com/fix-for-the-print-spooler-service-is-not-running-error.html

http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/questions/101-221907/printer-spooler-error-1068-my-print-spooler-is-down-help