Comments on: Why cant I print in Windows Xp? No Printers are Showing Up!!

By: Unknown

Unknown — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:38:00 +0000

@Christopher – you just tripled my productivity. :)

By: Karl L. Gechlik

Karl L. Gechlik — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:38:00 +0000

@Christopher – you just tripled my productivity. :)

By: Unknown

Unknown — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 06:29:00 +0000

This happens to me at work a lot. I just created a batch file to automate it:
net stop spooler
del C:WINDOWSsystem32spoolPRINTERS*.* /q /f
net start spooler
Viola! One double click usually does the trick.

By: Christopher

Christopher — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 05:29:00 +0000

This happens to me at work a lot. I just created a batch file to automate it:
net stop spooler
del C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\PRINTERS\*.* /q /f
net start spooler
Viola! One double click usually does the trick.

By: El Di Pablo

El Di Pablo — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:25:00 +0000

Print spooler restart for sure. I have also seen where the print jobs don’t delete even after stopping and restarting the spooler. In that case I stop the spooler, then browse to %systemroot%\system32\spool\PRINTERS and delete any items in there, then start the spooler again.

By: The Slothman

The Slothman — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:33:00 +0000

Karl Asked:

What do you guys do to solve printer issues - local or networked?
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Here's what I do...check out if it is network problems, server problems, or workstation problems. If neither, reboot the printer...if that don't work.....

Call Xerox...that's what we pay our expensive leases for! :D