Questions tagged [print-spooler]
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.SPL and .SHD stuck in Spools folder
The only workaround I have been able to come up with is making a copy of the same .SPL file and pasting it back into the Spools folder. After that it processes. This is a virtual printer. The print ...
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Error: 1297 Print Spooler service failed to start. A privilage that the service requires to function properly doesnot exist
I am trying to start Print Spooler service as a Logon user but I am getting an error
The Print Spooler service failed to start due to the following reason:
A privilage that the service requires to ...
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How to automatically shutdown PC when print spool empty?
When I print many documents with PC, then spool PC needs on. If spool PC is off, then stop printing whenever documents are waiting on that PC.
By the way, I want to need automatically shutdown the ...
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Is there a documented or undocumented policy for allowing standard users to read the print spool location or perhaps their own spooled files?
I would like to read a user's spooled files. A service I'm writing to monitor the contents of %WINDIR%\system32\spool\PRINTERS ** however....
On Windows 7, a standard user cannot read this location.
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Windows 10 Printer Spooler not running at startup
Whenever I turn my computer on, I have to run the printer troubleshooter to turn on the print spooler. It's simply not running at all. How do I check what services run at startup? (I know how to check ...
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Windows photos jamming print queue
Whenever any of our users prints an image from the windows 10 photo app or a pdf from chrome or edge it is causing the print spooler queue to jam. That print will stay in the queue till it's turn, ...
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Get rid of some dangling print jobs in my printer's queue
It is over a week now that I cannot get rid of a two print jobs dangling in my printer's queue:
Things tried so far:
using Restart or Cancel on each of these two tasks in printer queue,
using ...
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How do I clear the print spooler on a windows server with a script?
We have many (50+) printers on a Windows 2008 R2 server. Sometimes a printer (and eventually the spooler...) gets blocked by users accidentally trying to print 100+ page jobs. And then other users ...
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Print spooler grinds the CPU
I have Windows 10. A process named "spoolsv.exe", which is the print spooler, takes about 30% of my CPU. Based on other advice from the internet, I tried the following:
Based on this answer, I ...
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Cannot print on HP Smart Tank 515
I purchased HP smart tank 515 device . Trying to run it on windows 7 64 bit sp1 Installed all drivers from
ST510_Full_WebPack_48.3.4531.exe downloaded from HP site . Connected the device via Usb ...
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Print job stuck on spooling with SYSTEM as an Owner
We have a new machine running Windows Server 2016, with a lot of printers.
Three of them seems to get stuck when a user tries to print .jpg files.
When this happens if I check the Print Job Queue, I ...
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How to sort Windows Spooler correctly? (Windows 10)
I got 4 different folders with 20 .txt files in each. Documents in folder 1 are named 1,2,..,20; in folder 2 01,02,..,20; in folder 3 001,002,..,020; in folder 4 0001,0002,..,0020. Now I want to print ...
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Printer is printing binary data as ASCII
One of my users (exec. assistant) has a printer in her office. When she prints to it, binary data is printed as ASCII chars. The blue rectangled item shows my test prints, sent via FTP upload to the ...
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Unwanted changes on services window. Now, my os works funny [closed]
I was Looking for a solution to fix my printer problem, and I found the linked posted below.
No http service - Windows 10
I was searching through the services window of my computer for information ...
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Spooler that automatically switches to the active printer?
We have a Zebra ethernet thermal printer on the production floor. SAP ERP prints batches of labels on this printer. But sometimes, labels are lost, due to printer problems.
Now, we want to add ...
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