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Printer spool service is not working

 
 
miken
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      3rd October 2007, 08:14 PM
After successfully installing and using HP 2575 and HP 1020 printers for two
months, the complete printing software on my Dell Laptop (using Vista Home
Premium) totally collapsed (perhaps co-incidentally) when attempting to print
a pdf email. Messages state that 'the printer spool service is not running'
and 'Spooler Subsystem App stopped working and was closed' . Have seen
several Community comments stating similar but not identical problems. None
appear to have been positively solved and I have tried a couple of them.
Could anyone please advise an effective solution that is not too technically
risky to install, as I am far from an expert.
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Cari \(MS-MVP\)
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      3rd October 2007, 10:57 PM
See if the following helps, although written for XP, should be the same for
Vista.
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;324757

After this, uninstall BOTH printers.

The latest drivers for the 2575 can be found at:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/s...441240&lang=en

and for the 1020 at:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/s...439320&lang=en

After that, ensure your PDF software is up to date - you don't state which
application you were using for opening/reading PDFs. The spooler failing is
almost always due to corrupted printer drivers.
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"miken" <> wrote in message
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> After successfully installing and using HP 2575 and HP 1020 printers for
> two
> months, the complete printing software on my Dell Laptop (using Vista Home
> Premium) totally collapsed (perhaps co-incidentally) when attempting to
> print
> a pdf email. Messages state that 'the printer spool service is not
> running'
> and 'Spooler Subsystem App stopped working and was closed' . Have seen
> several Community comments stating similar but not identical problems.
> None
> appear to have been positively solved and I have tried a couple of them.
> Could anyone please advise an effective solution that is not too
> technically
> risky to install, as I am far from an expert.
> --
> historyman


 
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