How to Stop Printer Spooling on a Windows Computer

Created by Psalm Joseph Blanco, Modified on Fri, Sep 19 at 12:48 PM by Psalm Joseph Blanco

Printers can be tedious machines to use. This article will cover one of the most common printer problems: spooling.  


Step 1: Open Command Prompt.



Step 2: Type: net stop spooler



Step 3: Now you may delete all printing jobs.


Step 4: You may start spooler:  net start spooler



The spooling service should now be terminated and your printer will no longer print any documents from the queue. 


You can close the command prompt.

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