Windows 10: Permanent fix for stuck print queue on Win 10 desktop?

OK-- my print queue keeps getting stuck. All the time. I know the printer is not the problem because I can print from other devices. I have Windows 10 ver 20H2 Build 19042.1165 This has happened with an HP printer, and now a Canon Pixma. I know how to clear the queue, but why the heck should I need to do this just about any time I try to print something? Is this a Microsoft bug? Why don't they fix it? Any ideas how to permanently fix this? Thanks.

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Job in print queue stuck

I had a job stuck in print queue earlier. Would not delete, received advice to turn off spooler, empty spooler file file, turn spooler back on. Worked for one document. The second document is stuck no matter what I do, repeated the above steps, nothing
in queue, reinstalled printer software, rebooted printer and pc. It keeps printing the same document regardless of what I am printing. It's maddening!

 

Nitro Reader 3 Create PDF locks print queues.


From my experience on 2 Win 10 machines, beware of creating a pdf using Nitro Reader 3. On both machines the print function hung, and all print queues got stuck. Even a restart did not fix the problem (because, I presume, the issue was in the print queues themselves). The only way I found to resolve the issue was with a System Restore..... and this option is apparently turned OFF by default in Win 10.

For now, I suggest uninstalling Nitro Reader 3, and using the built in Microsoft Print to PDF instead. (Also turn on System Restore!) For reading PDFs, if, like me, you don't like Adobe Reader, Edge works fine!

Has anyone else experienced this problem?

 

Document Stuck in Print Queue as Deleting...

Hi Lisa,

The print queue displays output jobs that's is waiting to be completed. It has the most current status of all active and pending print jobs. If its not functioning as intended, it's possible that there's a misconfiguration within the printer settings. To
better assist you, we'd like to ask a few questions:

• Which Windows version are you using? Type winver in the search bar and press
  Enter to find out.
• Have you made any changes on you device prior to the issue?

Meanwhile, we suggest that you check the steps provided by Abdul_Malik on this
thread and check if it would help resolve the issue.

Let us know how it goes.