print spool error

[ZIPPER978]

I have a Brother HL-1440 printer and I got it to work but all of a sudden a print spool error showed up and now i cant print anything. I went into the print spooler subsystem folder and restarted it then went to the printer and the spooler error showed back up again.

 

[UltimaParadox]

Tried restarting yet, as the print spooler is restarted each time with the system...

I would also try reinstalling the driver if that does not work, as if the files in the spooler directory do not clear out, it causes lots of problems.

 

[ZIPPER978]

yes i have restarted the spooler many times nothing same error appeared. i also have reinstalled the drivers same problem and i have cleared the directory so i am stumped

 

[UltimaParadox]

yes i have restarted the spooler many times nothing same error appeared. i also have reinstalled the drivers same problem and i have cleared the directory so i am stumped

Yeah that is a toughie, Think the spooler files are hosed, you could try reinstalling the windows files?

 

[ZIPPER978]

you mean doing a repair install or just reinstall windows?

 

[UltimaParadox]

Repair install, just replacing the windows files, not deleteing any of your own.

 

[Kelldor]

By chance had you recently disabled any un-needed services? Go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services >, and scroll down the list. Look for the service called "Print Spooler", and it's dependant service "Remote Procedure Call (RPC)" and make sure both services are set to "Automatic".

A while back I was disabling services to free up more ram. One day I went to go print and I couldn't. Got some Print Spool error, like you are. Print Spooler was started and set to automatic, and I was stumped, then I saw the Dependencies tab, and sure enough there was RPC. Scrolled down and it was disabled, Oops! Re-enabled it to automatic and restarted the service and sure enough, I could print again.

Not sure if this'll help, but just in case, good luck!