Re: Print job won't cancel

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From: Phillip Windell (_at_.)
Date: 06/29/04 

Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 09:18:24 -0500

Stop and Restart the Spooler Service instead of rebooting the machine. 

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Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
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<Fran> wrote in message news:0ci1e09e7qj58rjmm1q2c4k3dmdo85mj37@4ax.com...
> Several times today we had to cancel a print job going to a network
> printer (on a printserver.)
>
> When I cancelled the print job at the workstation it just sits there
> with "cancel pending" or someithg like that but the job never cancels
> and the user cannot print to that printer until we restart the
> computer (which ALWAYS fixes the problem.)
>
> What causes this and how can I fix this WITHOUT having to restart a
> computer? (it seems silly that you would have to restart a computer
> just to cancel a print job.)
>
> These are all Windows 2000 client PC's. The printer is a HP laserjet
> printer (and I have cleared ALL print jobs using admin rights, turned
> off the printserver, turned off the printer, etc. Seems like this is a
> local print system error.)
>
> Fran

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