Can't delete print job

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Tim C

Windows XP Pro SP2 printing through Windows SBS 2003 server to NetGear print
server connected to a Lexmark T520.

Print job is stuck in the queue on the local computer. It does not appear
in the queue on the server. The server and other computers can print to the
printer. This computer cannot print because everything piles up behind the
stuck job in the queue.

Stopped and started the spooler on both the local computer and the server.
Deleted and recreated the print driver.
Windows\system32\spooler\printer is empty.
Cycled power on the printer, the print server and on the local computer.
Tried pretty much every possible combination and order of these steps.
The job won't go away.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Tim C
MCSE, MCDST
 
To empty the jobs in the print queue, create (copy&paste) the below
batch file in Notepad and give it a name like Emptyqueue.bat, then run it.

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