Cancel jammed or stuck Print Job queue in Windows

How many times has it happened with you that you want to cancel a print job, but when you right-click on the print job to end the stuck print job, it just does nothing. Moreover, you are also unable to print anything. In short your print queue gets jammed – neither can you print anything nor cancel the pending print jobs.

Cancel stuck Print Job queue

If you face this issue of a stuck print job and want to cancel it, but cannot, you have these options.

1) Reboot your Windows computer. You may have noticed that this usually solves the problem, and most usually do this. But this is not an options anyone would like.

2) Manually flush the print queue. To do this, type services.msc in Windows search and hit Enter to open Services Manager. Navigate down to Print Spooler. Right-click on this services and ‘Stop’ this service.

Next navigate to the following folder and delete all the CONTENTS of this folder.

C:\Windows\System32\spool\PRINTERS

Now right-click again on the Print Spooler service and restart it.

Refresh the print queue. Your problem should have been solved.

3) Use this BAT file. Copy-paste the following in Notepad and save it as a .bat file:

@echo off
 echo Stopping print spooler.
 echo.
 net stop spooler
 echo Erasing Temporary Junk Printer Documents
 echo.
 del /Q /F /S “%systemroot%\System32\Spool\Printers\*.*
 echo Starting print spooler.
 echo.
 net start spooler

4) Use a nifty tool called Print Flush. This utility is basically a simple batch filethat takes all the steps necessary to un-jam a printer queue and more. Go get it here.



5) The Print spooler Clenup Diagnostic from Microsoft, removes non-Microsoft print processors and monitors. Additionally, it collects basic information about the print spooler and the computer, such as information about print drivers, printers, basic networking, and failover clustering and offers various modes of cleanups

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Printer Spoolar Sevice stoped working in Windows

You can start the Print Spooler using the following procedure:

1.In the Administrative Tools folder (click Start, then Control Panel, then System and Maintenance and then Administrative Tools), open the Services snap-in.

2.Locate the Print Spooler service in the list of services and confirm that the status is Started. If it is not, select the service and on the Action menu, click Start.

 

If problem not solved then try  following procedure -

I suspect that it has stopped and that just starting it will not solve the problem.

You may need to show hidden files. Type Folder Options in the search box above the Start button and select View, Advanced Settings and verify that the box before "Show hidden files and folders" is checked and "Hide protected operating system files" is unchecked. You may need to scroll down to see the second item. You should also make certain that the box before "Hide extensions for known file types" is not checked.

Now access Windows Explorer and select C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\SPOOL\PRINTERS. Normally this folder should be empty but there is a problem when files with “spl” and “shd” extensions stick there, check the size of  files. Delete the files of 0Kb , extentions of  SHD and SPL. Now restart your computer.

This should resolve your problem.

Change Font in EPSON LX-300+ Printer

We can change the font on Epson LX-300+ printer by setting up the panel buttons on the printer.

To change font in Epson LX-300+ Printer is as follows :

MEGHDOOT EPSON LX 300+II SLOW PRINTING

Problem:
             While Printing Receipts/ Reports from Meghdoot Millennium its getting delay via LPT port in Windows 7/ Windows 2008. It takes more time for single transaction and customers getting tense.

Solution: