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Practical procedure and troubleshooting notes for Common Windows Printer Issues.

Troubleshooting Windows taking a long time to spool

  1. Open Services as administrator
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  2. In services Stop the "Print Spooler Service"
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  3. Navigate to "C:\windows\system32\spool\PRINTERS"
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  4. Remove All Files in PRINTERS
  5. Start the "*** Print Spooler Service"
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  6. Print a test Page

To Preform the Same thing from CMD use

net stop spooler
del /Q /F C:\Windows\System32\spool\PRINTERS\*
net start spooler