Windows 2003 Print Spooler problem

[bfralia]

I built a windows 2003 print server that's currently a member server on an NT network. We'll be moving to a Windows 2003 network soon.

The print spooler server stops on a daily basis. There aren't any error logs to help identify why (great logging system). It's sort of narrowed down to a couple of printers. When there's a problem, you can't see the print queue for them because it shuts the service down. The only resolution seems to be to delete everything from the print server and wait until next time.

Any ideas?

 

[fs483]

Have you checked if all the drivers for your printers are compatible with windows 2003 ? I had a problem installing a large color laser printer on windows 2003 server because the drivers didn't exist yet (a few months ago) and the w2k drivers were causing windows 2003 to freeze up.

 

[bfralia]

All the drivers are "supposed" to be 2000, XP, 2003 drivers. I've some devices that I can't get 2003 drivers for.

We may have finally traced the problem down to a couple of client computers. We deleted the printers and reloaded everything including drivers. So far so good.