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Fix-it: How to remove a document stuck in your Printer Queue

Started by hightechdad · 1 month ago

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  • Thanks for leaving this very helpful tip. Google is amazing too... a couple of years ago I thought it very unlikely that typing "windows document stuck in queue" would get me exactly what I wanted in a second or two.
  • Thank You!!!
  • Wow! Thanks for this fix. I know you said that why the printer stalls in this first place is a topic for another post, but do you have any ideas about that?
  • Glad it worked! You know, I'm not sure as to the root cause of why this happens. Could be corruption in the printer queue or a malformed document.

    -HTD
  • The last time it happened to me this wasn't a simple because it happened at work and I almost ruined that printer. It was really embarrassing I never what to repeat that experience. Ever since then I am extra careful with my printing tasks.
    http://www.superwarehouse.com/Printer_Supplies/...
  • So, did the suggestion in the post work for you? If so, let me know. If it didn't, I would like to find out where it failed.
    Thanks,
    HTD
  • thanks so much 4 ur help..dis is absolutely amazing..d 1st time it happened, i called HP technician n they charged me to fix it..dis time around i decided on d 'do it urself' method cuz i was broke...thanks a million.
  • Glad that it worked for you! Next time, you can pay me (grin). Just
    click some ads, Digg or tweet about my site is enough. Good luck to you!
  • Yes, it definitely worked for me, I know a fact that I can handle this now.
  • brilliant works everytime thanks alot
  • I LOVE YOU FOR THIS! WORKS EVERY TIME! ^_^ Thanks!
  • Glad that it works for you!


    -HTD
  • Fantastic!!! Very many thanks.
  • A payroll document froze inside my que and prevented me from printing any checks for any employees! This was definitely a life-saver. Thanks :)
  • Wow! Glad that it worked! I'm sure your employees are happy too (grin).

    - HTD
  • Wow - thanks for this easy-to-follow and execute solution to an exasperating print queue problem. My old solution took up to an hour removing printers and drivers and then reinstalling over and over. This cleaned up the problem in under a minute. A real time saver. I printed several copies and gave them to friends that have battled this before. Kudos to you!
  • thanks for your simple insutructions to this annoying problem. You saved me a lot of stress!
  • Glad that it worked!

    - HTD
  • tried 3 times, worked on the 3rd, on my pc, twas an option called 'kill process', but the rest worked just as you described in your very reader friendly instruction, the stuck to unstuck took me blissfully under 2 minutes, thanks alot for sharing!
  • and as a micro token of thanks, i clicked all your ads! ihih! :)
  • I can clear the spool but still cannot print anything. Just sits there stuck again.
  • Did you follow all of the instructions as I listed out? What was the result?

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