Why do I have to keep restarting printer spooler?

If your pending print jobs are not few, they can cause your print spooler to stop. Deleting your print spooler files to clear pending print jobs sometimes resolve the problem.

How do I reset printer spooler?

Method 2: Using the Services Console

Click on the Windows or Start button.
Type services. msc in the Start Search box.
Click Services in the Programs list.
Locate and right-click on Print Spooler, and then click Stop from the drop-down menu.
Right click Print Spooler again, and then click Start from the dop down menu.

Why is the printer spooling?

Printer spooling enables you to send large document files or a series of them to a printer, without needing to wait until the current task is finished. Think of it as a buffer or cache. It’s a place that your documents can “line up” and get ready to be printed after a previous printing task is completed.

How do I refresh printer spooler?

How do I restart my print spooler in Windows 10?

Open the Services app and select Print Spooler. Right-click and select Stop, then right-click and select Start to restart the service. Or, open Task Manager, go to the Services tab and select Spooler. Right-click and choose Start, Stop or Restart.

How do I start the printer spooler?

To start the Print Spooler Service: Click Start, Run and in the box enter: services.msc. Scroll to the Print Spooler Service and if the Status column does not say “Started”, right click the Print Spooler Service, choose Properties and set the Startup type field to Automatic.

How do I restart my printer spooler?

Right-click “Print Spooler” and select “Restart.” It may take from a few seconds up to a minute for the spooler to restart. Restarting the spooler refreshes the service and will clear away any stalled print jobs. Restart the print spooler whenever you begin to notice frequent problems with documents hanging in the queue.

How do you restart a printer?

You can restart the printer. Select [Restart Printer] on the [File] menu. Confirm the message that appears on the screen, and then click [Restart]. The printer restarts. The fonts that you downloaded in the printer’s memory will be deleted. If the printer restarts, all the printer settings return to their defaults.

How do you restart print service?

Step 1. Open Services Manager by pressing Windows Key + R and type services.msc and click OK (or press Enter). Step 2. Scroll down the list of services and find the Print Spooler service. Step 3. Right click on Print Spooler and click on Restart (see the above image). This will restart your Print Spooler service.

Why do I have to keep restarting printer spooler? If your pending print jobs are not few, they can cause your print spooler to stop. Deleting your print spooler files to clear pending print jobs sometimes resolve the problem. How do I reset printer spooler? Method 2: Using the Services Console Click on the Windows…