How to clear the print buffer for a print job already sent to the printer?

you have clear the print buffer in the computer.
by clearing out the buffer, unplug the computer after ward and than also unplug the printer too, that should clean the memory in the printer itself.

GO TO START CLICK ON START GO TO DEVICES AND PRINTERS, OPEN THE FOLDER CLICK ON THE PRINT YOU ARE HAVING ISSUES WITH DOUBLE CLICK IT WILL SENT YOU TO CHECK LIST OF OPTIONS THE FIRST ONE.

1. SEE WHATS PRINTING, CLICK TO OPEN
2. HIGH LIGHT PRINTER THAN SCROLL DOWN TO CANCEL ALL DOCUMENTS.
YOU SHOULD BE DONE
BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO CLEAR THE MEMORY THAT STORE INFORMATION IN MEMORY INSIDE THE PRINTER
BY TURNING OFF MAY NOT BE ENOUGH YOU MITE HAVE STILL UNPLUG IT TO CLEAR ANY OR ALL MEMORY FILE

THANK YOU ROD

disconnect printer from computer and power on again. at driver chech if still jobs there and clear buffer. at printer, if still printing whithout connested its becase it still have information to print. just reset printer to factory default or let job to finish.

Start by pulling the paper tray out. This will cause the printer to finish the page it was on when it was interrupted rather than paper jam somewhere in the machine.

Once you have interrupted the print job this way then you can cancel the print job from the PC and then once that has been done turn the Printer off for a few minutes to clear the memory buffer.

Turn it back on and it should be cleared.

The printer has a buffer which stores data from the computer as it's printing, and even after you cancel a job the printer will keep going until it uses up that data. If you've printed all you need, you can shut off the printer. This will cause Windows to tell you about the communication error, and you can cancel the job then. When you turn the printer back on, the buffer is clear and it won't print anything else until the next job.

Clear the buffer by holding down the powerbutton

1) turn off the printer
2) Hold down the power button for 15 seconds

This should stop the printing

Also check your printer que on your pc. Go to printers in controll panel and cancel all print jobs in there too

That should stop the printing

If not you have a defective printer to be sent to repairs.

make sure there is no pending print job in print spooler if it is there then clear it before giving the print .for clearing In run window type services.msc and the go to print spooler option just stop and restart the service. and also switch off and switch on the printer and try to cancel all the documents form print spooler it will remove all pending jobs.

First, I would try canceling the document either at the printer (hit cancel if it has already been sent) or at the computer.

You can do this by going to start -> settings -> printers and faxes
double click on the printer to open it
right click on the offending file and hit delete

It sounds like both of these have been done already. So...next option.

Second option - Restart the print spooler
Go to Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services
Click on the "Print Spooler"
Select Restart

Third option - delete the document from the spooler
Stop the Print Spooler by following the instructions above and clicking "stop"
Delete all files in the c:\windows\system32\spool\printers directory
Restart the print spooler.

CAUTION!!! - This will clear out both the offending job and any other jobs that have been sent to the printer after the offending job. If you have a number of other jobs, you may wish to clear out only the offending job from the printers directory.

Hope this helps - flub

As the previous expert has stated, with the printer paused, press the cancel key to cancel the job. One thing to note, is depending on how your software sends the print jobs, you may say print 1000 labels, but the software sends it one at a time, so basically you have 1000 print jobs in the printer. If you pause the printer, press and hold the cancel key. Hold it for about 2 mins. This should clear the buffer.

Try double-clicking on the printer in the Printers and Faxes folder and clear any pending jobs. Turn off and disconnect the power cable from the printer for a few minutes to clear its buffer. Keep the paper removed from the tray during this process and only re-insert it after the printer has stopped attempting to print. When the spooler and buffer are cleared normal printing should resume.

turn off the printer, and disconnect from computer..turn it back on, and clear all jobs from front panel controls