Re: print jobs hang way too much

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From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 11/24/04


Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 23:24:21 -0500

Raymond Norton wrote:
> Several times a day, print jobs are hanging in our computer lab
> printers. The printers are attached to a Hawking print server and
> shared via our main domain controller. In order to purge the jobs we
> have to stop and start the spooler service, sometimes a couple times
> and then we are able to cancel the job.
>
> Any ideas what can be causing this, and how to remedy the problem?
>
>
> Raymond

Most likely a print driver. Upgrade them all on your server. Not sure if
this is related to Terminal Services - if not, note that
m.p.windows.server.general might be a better place to post.



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