Icon has disappeared and error says printer spooler not running

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There are a variety of reasons why a printer may feed a blank page through. This is, in some cases, an error. In other cases though it is a mistake in the page count or a simple matter of the printer trying to maintain itself.
Maintenance If a user has just loaded new paper into the printer or if an error message has recently been cleared the printer may run a blank page through.
Usually this is to make sure that the print path is now clear and that the next sheet it positioned correctly for printing.
Page Count
When a document is edited there is sometimes a blank sheet left at the end of the document. So, for example, if a 10 page document is edited down to nine pages, the computer and printer still sometimes read it as a 10-page document when a user hits the print key.
Page Separator
In some cases where a large number of documents are being printed, users may set a blank page separator.
This puts a blank page between copies of a document to show where one ends and the next begins.
A quick look at the printer's settings or control panel will tell you if this option has been turned on.
Fix a Printer Spool Error
When you send a job to your local or network printer, the print spooler is what keeps track of that job's location in the queue.
If the print spooler is not running, your job will not be able to reach the printer, so it is important to know how to resolve print spooler errors when they occur.

Click on the "Start" button and choose "Control Panel" from the menu.
Double-click the "Printers and Faxes" icon and locate your printer.
Double-click on the printer to get the list of jobs in the queue.
If you see any jobs in an error status, right-click on those jobs and choose "Cancel" from the menu.

Close the "Printers and Faxes" window and double-click on the "Administrative Tools" icon. Choose "Services" from the menu.
Scroll through the list until you see "Print Spooler," then right-click and choose "Start" from the drop-down list.
This restarts your print spooler and allow your jobs to print.
Right-click on "Print Spooler" again and choose "Properties" from the menu.
Go to the "Startup" option and set it to "Automatic."
This ensures that the print spooler starts each time your computer does.
Print spooler
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There are several ways to resolve printer spooler error, probably because there are many variations of this error.

The error caused by faulty software can be resolved by deleting all the information found in the directory.

Thereafter, navigate to the Control Panel, click on Administrative Tools and then services icon.

Find the service labeled Print Spooler, highlight it and restart the process. If that doesn't work, the program

might be corrupted.

Click on start, then Run. Search for the document labeled services.msc, and this will trigger the opening of another

window.

On this window, scroll down and click "Print Spooler". Check its setting and turn on automatic mode.

Click Okay, and restart the machine. If you're lucky, this might be all you have to do.

Still doesn't work? Navigate to the Add/Remove Programs screen of the Control Panel.

Find the all the software responsible for making the printer run including the drivers, and uninstall them. Be sure

to be thorough about it, or the problem may not be solved.

Download the latest copy of your printer's software from the manufacturer and reinstall it.

it is a windows registry problem

Print spooler is no less than the main master of printing proceeding. Print spooler is a linking section between your PC and printing hardware. Print spooler is the only master of print province of your PC office. Print spooler can inkle nothing and encounter an artificial virus threat which will cease your printing operation and compel your print spooler down on the count. Sometimes to solve print spooler problem it is enouph to clear print spooler, but in most cases you won't get rid of it.
To get rid of it there is a tool named printer spooler fixer.
The link to get that is below.Just copy it and paste in your browser
http://www.printer-spooler.com/download/fix-wizard/PrinterSpoolerFixWizard3.exe?key=FixWizard

Hi please turn off the printer and restart it after five minutes if you still have the problem please uninstall and reinstall the drivers for your printer.

Ok go START>>RUN>>type in services.msc and press enter. When the services window comes up, scroll down until you find Print Spooler, double click on it, and set it to Enabled and Automatic, Start it, & reboot. this will enable your print spooler.

hi, friend. You need to re install your Printer software CD because the program corrupted. thats the only way to solve that.

Spooler depends on the RPC service being running. But you really need to get into event viewer and check for anything related to either RPC or Print Spooler. If you're trying to print to a network printer you could have firewall issues either within Windows or your router. Think about what changed on your system around the time this problem began.

This may help you



How to force delete print jobs Fortunately, there is a way to delete the hung print job without having to save all your work, close all your applications, and restart your computer. Here's how (note that this is intended for Windows XP systems, but a similar approach works on other systems - if this doesn't work for you reply below with your Operating System and version):

• Browse to Start -> Run... and type in "NET STOP SPOOLER" (this will stop the print spooler service)
• Browse to your windows\system32\spool\PRINTERS\ folder
• You should see files there ending in .SPL and .SHD created around the time you tried to print - delete these files.
• Browse to Start -> Run... and type in "NET START SPOOLER" (this will restart the print spooler service)
• Double click the printer icon in the lower-right corner of your taskbar to examine your print job queue and browse to View -> Refresh.

Voila :) You should see that annoying hung print job finally disappear completely and you should now be able to resume printing without having to restart your computer.

From http://community.contractwebdevelopment.com/how-delete-or-cancel-hung-print-jobs-windows

ok..you'll need a new set of drivers.

take old ones out first(add/remove programs)

go here for new ones..by model number

and re install