After HP 1018 driver re-installation, the Print tasks stale.
I initially had a "print spooler service is not running" problem. I was not able to fix it by restarting the service, because the "spooler Subsystem App has encountered a problem and needs to close" pop-up was always coming up back after a few minutes.
I removed the HP driver through the "Add or Remove Programs" windows tool. I downloaded from the HP site the hp_LJ_1018_Full_Solution.exe and executed it. Now I do not have anymore the spooler problem, but the printed document goes in the windows printer task list and stale there. Even the “Print Test Page” stales in the list.
I have tried to delete the tasks and reboot many times. I have event tried to use another USB cable on another PC port. I have tried many power-up sequences (per example boot PC first, then connect the cable, then power-up the printer).
More info: - Printer HP LaserJet 1018 - PC DELL Dimension 4600 (6 years old) - Space on C drive: 8GB - XP SP3 - Norton 360 Antivirus.
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The spooler is not on your printer it is in the Windows folder on your computer and is used to hold documents whilst preparing to print.
Normally this service is set to start automatically and there are a number of reasons why it may of stopped but try this:
Right click on "Computer" in your Menu and then left click on "Manage".
In the page that appears click "Services and applications" and Click "Services"
Navigate down to "Print Spooler" and double click on that line.
A box should appear showing properties of the Spooler.
It should show
"Startup Type = Automatic"
"Service Status = Running"
If neither of these are true then change the Startup type to Automatic
and click on the "Start Button"
The service will then either start or tell you why it cannot start.
See if there is any spooler.exe running in your task manager. Press ctrl, alt + delete to go there. If you see the process, click to highlight then end it. Then restart your computer and the printer itself. Then try to initiate a print again once everything is loaded.
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go to start->run and then type net stop spooler... hit enter
then type net start spooler .. and hit enter..
you may also go to run and then type CMD.. This will take you to the DOS Black screen.. here you may type SC CONFIG SPOOLER DEPEND= RPCSS and then press enter.
After this restart the computer and try to print..
Please download this small batch file and apply it,
Printer Spooler Fix
You'll need to restart your system, if this doesn't fix, please let me know, Good luck.
Restart the Print Spooler service. To do this, follow these steps: oClick Start, click Run, type net stop spooler in the Open box, and then click OK. oClick Start, click Run, type net start spooler in the Open box, and then click OK.
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I had the same problem with HP 1018 printer, when I had two computers connected to a domain and had Windows XP SP3 on them and when I shared the printer on one of them - I could only print from the network if the user belonged to the Local Administrators group on the host/server computer. Once the network user is removed from Administrators - the print jobs are stuck in print queue. I used the "HP LaserJet Host Based Print Driver Package" that is on HP web site for HP laserjet 1018 printer.
Then I tried to use a different driver for that printer and was successful with driver for HP LaserJet 1020. After forcing that printer to use the 1020 drivers, the regular users were able to print to that printer.
1) Click the Star>Run, type in "Services.msc" in the Run dialog box. 2) A services window popup, find the service name "Print Spooler", double it and change the Service Status to "Start".
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