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what does print spooler service not running mean?can't print..
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what does print spooler service not running mean?can't print..
The message means exactly what it says, but in geek-speak. :-) Here's a
translation: There is a program called the Print Spooler service. It's part of Windows, and it's supposed to start automatically whenever you start Windows. Most of the time it just sits in memory, doing nothing. When you click the Print command in any program, the bits that need to be sent to the printer are first sent to the Print Spooler program, which saves them in a temporary file on disk and then sends them a few at a time to the printer (which is comparatively slow and doesn't have enough memory of its own for a big document). The message is saying that the service isn't running. There could be many reasons for that, and some of them are fairly serious while others are just temporary. The first thing to try is to reboot the computer and print the document again. If the service started properly on the reboot, then the problem is solved. If that doesn't work, do this: - Right-click the My Computer icon and choose Manage. In the Computer Management window, double-click "Services and Applications" and then single-click "Services" under that. - Scroll the right-hand window to find Print Spooler. Right-click it and choose Start. If it starts (and a message box will tell you the start was successful), then print the document. If it doesn't start, a message box may tell you why it failed. If that "reason" isn't helpful, then in the Computer Management dialog double-click the Event Viewer icon. Click the System item under that, and look for an error item at the proper time; double-click it to read its description. From there, you can Google the description or post a question in a Windows newsgroup. As a temporary workaround, you can tell Windows to bypass the spooler. Go to Start menu Settings Printers & Faxes. Right-click your printer's icon and choose Properties. In the Properties dialog, click the Advanced tab. Choose the option button for "Print directly to the printer" and click OK. The drawback of this is that you won't be able to edit in Word while the document is printing. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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As a temporary workaround, you can tell Windows to bypass the spooler. Go to Start menu Settings Printers & Faxes. Right-click your printer's icon and choose Properties. In the Properties dialog, click the Advanced tab. Choose the option button for "Print directly to the printer" and click OK. The drawback of this is that you won't be able to edit in Word while the document is printing. This doesn't work, since when you try to change the printer properties, you get a message that the print spooler isn't running, which is your problem to start with. I have tried uninstalling and re-installing the printer drivers, rebooting, etc. until I am sick of it, and it appears that this is a flaw inherent to Vista. How, after a year and SP1, can you have an operating system that is incapable of background printing? Also, when you type "print spooler" into the "help and support" box, there is no reference to these problems. |
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what does print spooler service not running mean?can't print..
Control panel, Administrative Tools, Services, Print Spooler, is it started?
-- Mary Sauer MSFT MVP http://office.microsoft.com/ http://msauer.mvps.org/ news://msnews.microsoft.com "Rlummis" wrote in message ... As a temporary workaround, you can tell Windows to bypass the spooler. Go to Start menu Settings Printers & Faxes. Right-click your printer's icon and choose Properties. In the Properties dialog, click the Advanced tab. Choose the option button for "Print directly to the printer" and click OK. The drawback of this is that you won't be able to edit in Word while the document is printing. This doesn't work, since when you try to change the printer properties, you get a message that the print spooler isn't running, which is your problem to start with. I have tried uninstalling and re-installing the printer drivers, rebooting, etc. until I am sick of it, and it appears that this is a flaw inherent to Vista. How, after a year and SP1, can you have an operating system that is incapable of background printing? Also, when you type "print spooler" into the "help and support" box, there is no reference to these problems. |
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what does print spooler service not running mean?can't print..
Control panel, Administrative Tools, Services, Print Spooler, is it started? Yes, it is. It is set to Automatic. But when you try to print, you go through the standard printer dialog boxes and then it crashes. The message is "Spooler SubSystem App stopped working and was closed." I am running Windows Vista Ultimate fully updated through SP1 and trying to print to an OKI C5200n printer on a network. I have tried a couple of different versions of the OKI driver. Any suggestions would be welcome. Thanks, Richard Lummis |
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what does print spooler service not running mean?can't print..
There are several forums around that talk about your error.
http://www.smartcontent.info/frogpad...-SubSystem.htm http://www.computerperformance.co.uk...and_was_closed Scroll down on this one, poster claims a solution http://microsoft-personal-operating-...1/Default.aspx -- Mary Sauer MSFT MVP http://office.microsoft.com/ http://msauer.mvps.org/ news://msnews.microsoft.com "Rlummis" wrote in message news Control panel, Administrative Tools, Services, Print Spooler, is it started? Yes, it is. It is set to Automatic. But when you try to print, you go through the standard printer dialog boxes and then it crashes. The message is "Spooler SubSystem App stopped working and was closed." I am running Windows Vista Ultimate fully updated through SP1 and trying to print to an OKI C5200n printer on a network. I have tried a couple of different versions of the OKI driver. Any suggestions would be welcome. Thanks, Richard Lummis |
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what does print spooler service not running mean?can't print..
Scroll down on this one, poster claims a solution Doesn't work for me. I followed his directions (basically, delete all printer drivers from the registry and re-install) and still have the same problem. |
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what does print spooler service not running mean?can't print..
An update is available that improves the compatibility and reliability of
Windows Vista http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938194/en-us Changes to a printer's device configuration are not applied until the computer restarts or the Print Spooler service restarts in Windows Vista http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933454/en-us -- Mary Sauer MSFT MVP http://office.microsoft.com/ http://msauer.mvps.org/ news://msnews.microsoft.com "Rlummis" wrote in message ... Scroll down on this one, poster claims a solution Doesn't work for me. I followed his directions (basically, delete all printer drivers from the registry and re-install) and still have the same problem. |
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