Windows 10: Unable to start print spooler - tried everything?

Afternoon All,


I work as an IT Technician for a company but I have one machine that is stubbornly having Spooler issues that I can't seem to sort out.w


The device is on our domain.

It has very specific software unique to this machine so a Windows OS reinstall is not an option.


We tried to add a printer, but it either says the drivers are unavailable even when installed using the printer manufacturers software "Kyocera".


Or it will say you can't add the machine as the print spooler service is stopped.


I can start the service in services.msc, with no problem. It starts fine.

But when you go to do anything that would use the service it will end, and you will get the below in event viewer.


Event ID 7034 - The Print Spooler service terminated unexpectedly. It has done this 3 times.


I have checked the dependencies and they all start and have been started fine. Here are the other things that have been attempted:


sfc /scannow

ran chkdsk

checked %SystemRoot%\system32\spool\printers\*.* , nothing in here at all, completely empty

checked in registry CurrentControlSet, removed the printers in there

tried to install feature for LPD and LPR, this did not work however, but might be domain related as no device has these installed


I removed all the printers that I could from the machine to see if they are causing issues, but I could not remove one called TASKalfa 2533ci, which is the model of printers we own.


It simply hangs around, not able to be deleted.


Cannot be removed from device manager either, just sticks.


Cannot be removed by cmd or powershell as this tells me spooler needs to be started, same with trying print management.


Kinda ran out of idea for how to get Print Spooler service stable...


Let me know if anything else needs to be tried..

:)

 

Print Spooler Issue

Hello Sree,

For step by step instructions on how you can manually start the Print Spooler Service, follow these:

• Click Windows tab.
• Type Control Panel > System and Maintenance
  > Administrative Tools.
• Double click Services.
• Right click to the Print Spooler service > Properties.

However, we suggest you can refer to an answer given by Prabhavathi Patil on this

thread.

We also recommend that you update the driver for your printer.

Let us know if you need further assistance.

Thanks.

 

Must restart Spooler to print

Have you set the Print Spooler server to Automatic? If you haven't, then let's do it. Follow the steps below:

• Open Services through the search box.
• Locate Print Spooler service and double click it.
• Once the Print Spooler Properties window is open, look for Startup type and set is to
  Automatic.
  
• Check also the Service status and make sure that it is set to Started.
• Click Apply, then OK.

In case there are other printers installed on your PC that you no longer use, we suggest that you uninstall it as it may also cause some issues with Print Spooler.

Looking forward to your reply.

Regards

 

Print spooler

Hi Marty,

To assist with your concern, follow the steps provided below on how to enable Print Spooler under Services:

• Click "Start".
• Type "Services.msc".
• Double-click "Print Spooler" in the Services list.
• Startup Type must be set to "Automatic".
• If the Service Status was "Stop", click "Start" then "Apply" and click "Ok.

Update us on the result.

Thank you.