Windows 10: Printer Notification for Transferred / Completed Jobs

Hi,

How do I get notifications when a print job is complete or the data is completely transferred to my printer? Both options "Show informational notifications for local printers" and "Show informational notifications for network printers" under Settings / Devices / Printers & scanners / Print Server Properties / Advanced are turned on.

BTW: I do get alerts like when the paper is out or ink is low.

I'm running Windows 10 Education Version 1909 64 bit.

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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!

 

How I can detect a waiting printer job? - make a web-request on print

To answer only that question, there usually will be a printer icon appear in the Notification Area when a print job has been sent to a printer. Opening that will list the job or maybe more than one. An issue exists with print spooling and printing is that if one job has a problem and does not complete many times adding more jobs will stall or fail, usually have to cancel that first one to get the others to work or maybe cancel all to start over.

 

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.