Win 2000 Pro Printing Nightmare

[Hoshwa]

I have a printing problem. I use a simple visual basic program to do
some billing for my office. I went to print a form out of it this
morning and did not put in a specific date range to print. Instead of a
blank form, pages and pages of random printer/printing information
started to pour out of my printer. I tried to print a word doc just to
see if it was a os issue or program specific, and it did the same thing.
I don't understand it. Is there some kind of endless loop spool file
that no matter what I try to print now gets sent to my printer??? What
do I do? I tried unplugging the connections from the printer and
rebooting with no avail. The only thing that rebooting and turning the
compuer off does is stops the paper from pouring out, but when I go to
print something it starts up again. Please help if you can!

 

[GrimR]

Did you unplug the printer and restart the print spooler service?

 

[Hoshwa]

Yep, tried unplugging printer and restarting spooler service. Tried deleting printer drivers, both from within the control panel, and from the registry, with no luck. Not sure what else to do! Help if you can

 

[ntinlin]

Have you had a look at the contents of the actual spooler directory?

Try stopping spooler service and deleting anything in there manually.

Neill

 

[kmcferrin]

I would recommend re-installing the printer drivers (or upgrading them to the latest version). What you're describing is usually a symptom of the incorrect (or corrupted) driver.