Removing a blocked print command in Vista, XP

The print work is sent but suddenly the LAN connection disconnect. The result of this process, the printing work cannot be cancelled as usual through the print control. It is blocking all continuous printing works as well. With the use of Dialog box, you can basically delete those orders, which are still in progress. In order to get rid of the stuck print job and enable printing the queued orders, you must stop the Printer Spooler Service and then delete the file. For best control, start the commands prompt. For that, open the Command ‘Run’ in the ‘Start’ menu, then enter ‘cmd’ and then press ‘Enter’. In Vista, enter ‘cmd’ in the search box in the start menu and select the ‘Run as administrator’.

Now using the following command,

net stop spooler

and check, whether the print queue is gone. Then open Windows Explorer and navigate to the

‘C:Windowssystem32spoolPRINTERS’ folder.

To delete all SPL files and it contains the affected printed data.

Now switch back to the still open command prompt, and then enter the following commands,

net start spooler

And the printing queue will start job nicely again. After this, the command must be deleted, so that you can also use the printer again.

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florin September 12, 2010 at 6:35 am

It is very useful

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