Printer queue 4

[jediwarrior]

HI all,

I have a question that has LONG been a problem, not just on my home printer, but work printers as well.
The problem I am experiencing, is that there is a print job in the queue. It has been stuck there for several days now. I tried deleting it, but it won't go away. It just stays there and says it is deleting it. And it is always the top print job in the queue.
If I have several print jobs in the queue I can easily delete those jobs, but again, never the first one. WHY???
I have noticed this at work as well. Very hard to get rid of. I can reboot, but I don't have the time or patients to be doing all these reboots.
I have a lexmark X5150 printer hooked up to a compaq deskpro PC that is using WinXP with service pack 2. The printer software is XP compatible.

Thanks,

Jediwarrior

 

[cmeagan656]

This doesn't address the original question but rather than reboot the machine just stop and then start the Print Spooler. Its a lot faster.

Cheers.

 

[Jomama46]

Or delete the file in the spooler directory

Jomama

 

[jediwarrior]

I'll try those, but where will I exactly find the print spooler for my PC at home? I'll try to look for it and see if I can find it anywhere.

Thanks,
Jediwarrior

 

[Jomama46]

Using XP it is C:\windows\system32\spool.

Jomama

 

[jediwarrior]

Thank you all for all your help. Your ideas really helped, and it makes it easy doing what you all suggested.

Tek-Tips is always a GREAT place to go for all computer needs.

Thanks again,

Jediwarrior