While printing if
your print spooler keeps stopping windows
10 and if you see an error message “The local print spooler
service is not running” then this tutorial will be of much help.
HP Printer spooler
problem has been reported
many times by the users and sometimes restarting the printer spooler can
troubleshoot the error. Still, at times this method doesn’t work, and printer
spooler service keeps crashing in your Windows 10.
What is HP Printer
Print Spooler?
Print spooler is a
windows software program which helps in managing the printing operations. Print
spooler allowsusers to interact with the printer in a way that the user can
delete the print jobs and manage other prints in a queue.
Fix HP Printer
Spooler Problem
This section will
provide you with some of the straightforward and proven methods to fix your HP
Printer Spooler Not working issue. Start troubleshooting fromfix number one
and then proceed to the next.
Fix 1. Remove
Print Spooler file Content
Sometimes the print
spooler keeps stopping windows 10 arises due to the files in print spooler,
hence is the need to remove those files.
1.
Firstly
you need to press “Windows+R” together and write “services.msc”
and press enter.
2.
Now
right click on “Print Spooler” in the services window.
3.
Select
“Stop” from the drop-down list and now minimise the Services window.
4.
Now
you will have to navigate to C Drive using this path C:\Windows\System32\Spool.
5.
Further,
you might need an administrator permission to enter inside.
6.
You
will have to open the “Drivers” folder and then delete all the files
inside.
7.
Also,
open the “Printers” folder and delete all the files and folders.
8.
Now
restart your computer and printer and check if the HP Printer spooler
problemis solved or not. Proceed to fix #2 for the next solution.
Fix 2. Restart your
HP Printer Print Spooler Service
1.
Turn
on your computer to which the HP Printer is connected.
2.
Now
you need to press the “Windows+R” keys together to open the Run dialogue
box.
3.
Now
type “services.msc” and click “Ok”.
4.
The
Services window will open, here click “Print Spooler”.
5.
Further,
now click on the “Restart” option in the same window.
Now you should check
if the HP Printer spooler problem has been resolved.
Fix 3. Adjust the
Print Spooler to Automatic
1.
Again
go to the “Services” window following the same process as in the
previous steps.
2.
Now
you need to the right-click on “Print Spooler” and select “Properties”
from the drop-down list.
3.
Further,you
need to click the “General” tab on print spooler properties.
4.
And
the in front of Startup type select “Automatic”.
5.
Now
you can click “Apply” and then click “Ok”.
Fix 4. Changing
the Print Spooler Recovery Settings
You need to change
the print spooler recovery settings to the restart mode else in case of failure
the service would not restart at all. Proceed with these steps to combat print
spooler keeps stopping Windows 10.
1.
Again
you need to open the services window by typing “services.msc” in the run
dialogue box.
2.
Now
click on the “Properties” from the drop-down list after right click on “Print
Spooler”.
3.
Now
on the print spooler properties windows set the “First Failures”, “Second
Failures” and “Subsequent Failures” to “Restart the Service”
option.
4.
Finally,
you need to click “Apply” and then click “Ok”.
Now re-check if
the HP Printer spooler problemis solved. Otherwise, move to the next
fix.
Fix 5. Update HP
Printer Driver
1.
Go
the services windows the way you have done in previous steps.
2.
Now
you should hit the Right-click on “Print Spooler” and click “Stop”.
3.
Now
open the run dialogue box using “Window+R” key and write printui.exe/s/t2
and click “Ok”.
4.
You
will land on printer server properties, now select the printer creating spooler
problem and then click “Remove” and remove the printer driver as well
when prompted to.
5.
Closed
all the dialogue boxes and again opened the services window.
6.
And
right-click on “Print Spooler” and click “Start”.
7.
Now
on your chrome browser search for support.hp.com and download the latest
printer driver for your HP Printer model.
8.
Also,
you should download the HP Print and Scan Doctor, this is a free tool which can
help you diagnose and troubleshoot HP printer spooler problem.
Summary
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