
You may either reboot the computer or Start the "Print Spooler" service manually. SPL should be backed up before you delete them to be safe. In some cases you may see other files in this directory as well, and in general it is safe to delete them. SPL extension you will want to delete these. You should see some files in this directory with a. Go to the c:\Windows\System32\Spool\Printers folder Right click on the "Print Spooler" service and select "Stop" if Stop is grayed out or disabled and "Start" is an available option, then the service is already stopped. Stop the printer spool service by right clicking on your My Computer icon and selecting "Manage"Įxpand "Services and Applications" and the click on servicesīrowse through the list of services and find "Printer Spooler". If you have not already you will need to remove the bad files from your print spooler. HP has been notified of this issue for several months and has yet to provide any working patches to correct the issue, and claim the problem is not with their driver.
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The HP driver reports these features as available, and as a result a bad print spooler file is created causing the print spooler to crash. This particular issue has been seen the most with HP LaserJet 1020's and has also been seen on a few other HP printers including inkjets.Īdobe acrobat will try to make use of advanced printing features when it detects that they are available.
