25/07/2023
Recently some printing and communications issues are being caused by a problem with the Print Spooler.
In some case restarting or clearing the Print Spooler may resolve these issues.
Is your computer displaying error messages like:
‘Printer Spooler Error’,
‘Printer connection failed’,
‘the local print spooler service not running’
‘Please restart the spooler’?
The print spooler helps your Windows computer interact with the printer, and orders the print jobs in your queue. Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8(8.1), and Windows 7.
The following quick steps will show you how to restart the printer spooler and may solve your problem.
1. Press the windows or start icon and type ‘services’, then click the services app.
2. Find ‘Printer spooler’ in the list and right-click it. Then click ‘restart’ and wait for 30 – 60 seconds.
This video may help
Learn how to restart the print spooler service. Open the services from the administrative tools and restart spooler as taught in the tutorial.Don't forget to...
