Cancel Printing

[W. Wolfe]

I sometimes send a print job and the file is very very large. I try to
cancel printing and it won't cancel. Nothing I do can clear the print
queue. I am running XP Pro SP3 and printing on an Espon printer.

 

[MAP]

I sometimes send a print job and the file is very very large. I try
to cancel printing and it won't cancel. Nothing I do can clear the
print queue. I am running XP Pro SP3 and printing on an Espon
printer.

This is not mine so I won't take credit for it.

Open up a new notepad and copy and paste this in it.


@echo off
net stop "print spooler"
del /q "%SystemRoot%\system32\spool\PRINTERS\*.*"
net start "print spooler"
ping localhost -n 5 > nul



Now close notepad and save the changes.
Next rename notepad to something like kill print job.bat ignore any
warnings about this file may become unuseable. You have now created a batch
file which will shutoff your print spooler, delete your queue and restart
your print spooler.
I got this from a MVP a few years ago and it works just fine.