Windows 10: LPDSVC periodically stops accepting printer jobs

Hello. I'm having a weird problem with LPR-compatible network printing in Windows. So, I have a machine running Windows 10 Professional, which is named COMP62, and its IP address is 192.168.1.62 . This machine has IPv6 disabled. It has LPDSVC installed and is used as LPR-compatible network print server.It has a printer Epson LX-350 attached, which is named as "Epson1" in the Printers Folder, and is shared as "EPSON". Other Windows machines on the network need to print on this printer. They access the printer using a "Standard TCP/IP port", set to connect to hostname COMP62, protocol LPR, port

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Windows print problem. Every Time! Printer prints job, but on PC it still says "Printing" and no additional job will print.

This happens EVERY time.

It happens on two different printers on two different networks (at home and at work)....so it is a WINDOWS problem, not a PRINTER problem.

Send a job to the printer.

It completes and prints JUST FINE. All is well.

THEN==>>

In the printer window for that printer, it continues to say "Printing" (forever!) even tho the job has successfully completed. If i highlight the job and "Delete" it, it says "Deleting"....forever. No other print job sent will print, as they are all blocked
behind the job that has already successfully printed, and that cannot be manually deleted, either.

So, EVERY TIME the queue must be manually cleared out. The only way i can print another job is a 3-step process

• Go to Services, Stop print queue.
• Go to PRINTERS folder, delete all files.
• Go back to Services, and START print queue.

After those three steps, I can print again...exactly one print job...then it happens the same again for that job. Obviously this is a complete hassle.

I would like specific and definitive instructions not on how to now get WINDOWS to work "normally"...so that when a print job successfully prints and is done, the queue for that printer shows as empty, and so more print jobs can be sent.

If this were a very intermittent occasional problem it might be tolerable. But it happens EVERY TIME with EVERY PRINTER.

Help!

 

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Printer Doesn't Complete the Process and is Stuck in Queue

Hello,

Whenever a print job is sent to the printer, a file is created in Windows 10. Sometimes these files
become corrupt and cause problems. We suggest stopping the Printer Spoolerand delete these print job files manually. To do this, simply follow the steps below:

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  Turn off the printer using the power button and then unplug the printer power cord from the power outlet.
  
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  Save your work. After using these steps, your current print jobs are lost and will need to be printed again.
  
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  Open Windows Services using one of the following methods:
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    Search Windows for services, and click Services in the list of results.
    
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    Press Windows key (
    
    ) + R, type services.msc in the window that opens,
    and then click OK.
    
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  Scroll through the list of services and find the name Print Spooler.
  
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  Right-click Print Spooler and select Stop.
  
  
  
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  After the service has been stopped, close the service window and use
  Windows Explorer to browse to C:\Windows\System32\Spool\PRINTERS.
  
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  Delete all files inside the PRINTERS folder.
  
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  Shut down your computer.
  
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  Make sure you printer has been unplugged for at least 60 seconds, and then plug the power cord into a power outlet.
  
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  Turn on the printer using the power button on the printer.
  
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  Turn on the computer and wait for Windows to open.
  
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  Try printing again and note what happens.
  
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    If the printer prints, you are done.
    
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    If the print job becomes stuck again, continue to the next step.
    

Once done with the steps, let us know the results.