IDEA: Stalled Printer

[tosim]

When printer seems to "lock-up", it doesn't let you cancel all(or any) documents, would like an app or batch file to clear it quickly. (The batch file presently available at: http://lifehacker.co...ithout-waiting-years  is not working.) Thank you so much.

[Stoic Joker]

I wish I had time to grab this one but I don't. However it sounds (I am guesing here) like the script is running into a permissions issue ... in which case an app version wouldn't really help. Can you give a bit more detail on when, which part of what (and on which OS) is "not working"?

[tosim]

Thanks for the quick reply Am using XP Pro/SP3, 2GB RAM. This happens at times using various apps, and various printers. It occurs when I click on "Print" or on File/Print. BTW- It occurs on both, laser printer and inkjet printer. I do know the registry work around(to delete the spooled docs), but would like a quicker solution. Again, thank you.

[Stoic Joker]

Um... Actually, I was aiming more at this:

The batch file presently available at: http://lifehacker.co...ithout-waiting-years  is not working.

-tosim (November 01, 2011, 09:21 AM)

I'm wondering what part of the script isn't working? Is it taking to long, failing, or is it a just convenience issue sort of not working? I'm already familiar with the how they get stuck part.

[tosim]

Actually, none of the script seems to work. Thank you again for your interest.

[PhilB66]

http://www.bradkovach.com/printflush/
http://jesusnjim.com...nflushprintjobs.html (download the latest @ http://sourceforge.n...printjobs/files/1.4/)

[nogojoe]

Actually, none of the script seems to work. Thank you again for your interest.

-tosim (November 02, 2011, 05:51 PM)

try this neat program  it may save you time.

http://www.fantastic...m/?s=stalled+printer   

[MilesAhead]

Actually, none of the script seems to work. Thank you again for your interest.

-tosim (November 02, 2011, 05:51 PM)

try this neat program  it may save you time.

http://www.fantastic...m/?s=stalled+printer   

-nogojoe (November 02, 2011, 06:49 PM)

That looks like a neat utility. I grabbed it just in case.

[tosim]

Thank y'all for the assistance. I've downloaded the app from nogojoe, and bookmarked the page for the app from PhilB66.
Again, I thank all of you who responded.

[skwire]

Thank y'all for the assistance. I've downloaded the app from nogojoe

-tosim (November 04, 2011, 08:47 AM)

Did that app solve your issue?  If so, I'll mark this thread as solved.

[tosim]

I don't know if it will solve the problem-when next it happens. I cleared the problem by going into registry. BTW-I've tried that app sent by nogojoe in the past, and it did NOT work. Here's hoping it was updated, and will work when needed.

[Stoic Joker]

I don't know if it will solve the problem-when next it happens. I cleared the problem by going into registry. BTW-I've tried that app sent by nogojoe in the past, and it did NOT work. Here's hoping it was updated, and will work when needed.

-tosim (November 04, 2011, 08:39 PM)

(For the sake of clarity) I'm the network administrator for a company that specializes in printers, print management, networking, etc.. So I have (a bit) more than just a passing interst in topics such as this.

The registry fixes I've seen for this type of issue generally deal with clean up/removal of unused print drivers and/or (the much more problematic) driver fragments that get left for the spooler to load (and trip over). If that was the route you took it's quite likely it did actually resolve the issue. It's something we have to do frequently on the service tech machines when they get past the tipping point of drivers that have been installed for testing customer printers.

So if you did take the above route, and it resolved the issue, that's a good thing ... But the initial app requested still could be worth investigating/doing for the odd times when something (web pages, large .PDFs, etc.) gets dropped into the spool sideways and gums-up-the-works.

Just a thought,

Stoic Joker

[tosim]

Thanks for your input. I just downloaded the apps linked to by PhilB66. When next the printer stalls I will try them out and report back here as to whether they worked for me. Again, I thank all for the assistance.

[kyrathaba]

Try this. Works great on my Win7 64-bit system.

[tosim]

Hey kyrathaba-I will try it, when next I get the problem, thanks.