I have a Lenovo T410i and the print spool keeps saying its not connected and I cant print. When I click the print option nothing shows even print set up

Hi, please click on the following link and then select the operating system on your Lenovo ThinkPad T410i and then click on continue, and you will find all the drivers there, you can download them.
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/product.do?brandind=10&familyind=513894&operatingsystemind=49979&template=%2Fproductselection%2Flandingpages%2FdownloadsDriversLandingPage.vm&validate=true

I believe this has to do with printer spool problems. I would try to clear print spool and also in printer settings you can tell it to print directly and not spool. To restart print spooler go to Control Panel and click on Administrative Tools and then choose Services usually one of the last icons. Once open in alphabetical order find one that says Print Spool and double click on it. When it opens it will have option to stop it so do it and once done it will say start so do it. Try printing again and see what happens. If this resolved good if not right click on your printer and click properties and one of the tabs has option to use print spooling and it is usually checked,just un check it. Hope this helps.

Go to Control Panel, Printers and Faxes, Cancel any pending document on your Kodak Printer, then delete all kodak icons.
Turn off the printer, Unplug and Replug the USB cable, then turn on the printer. If nothing happens..
Second options: Click Start then select Run Type the word "net stop spooler" then "net start spooler" Then unplug and replug the printer while its on.
Josh

You may have to change the communication format called the "Spool format."

Please follow the steps given below to change the spool data format:

1. Click on "Start," "Control Panel," "Hardware and Sound" and "Printers."
2. Then, right click on the Lexmark printer icon and left click "Properties."
3. Either on the "Advanced" tab or the "General" tab for some models, there is a "Print Processor" button, left click it.
4. This is the spool format setting. Under "Print processor" it should be set to "Lexmark 1200 series print processor." Next, under "Default datatype," select "NT EMF 1.008."
5. Click "OK" and exit back out to your desktop.
6. Please try printing again.
If this does not help the situation, please describe any differences it does make.

You may have to change the communication format called the "Spool format."
Please follow the steps given below to change the spool data format:
1. Click on "Start," "Control Panel," "Printers and Other Hardware" and "Printers and Faxes."
2. Then, right click on the Lexmark printer icon and left click "Properties."
3. Either on the "Advanced" tab or the "General" tab for some models, there is a "Print Processor" button, left click it.
4. This is the spool format setting. Under "Print processor" it should be set to "Lexmark *** series print processor." Next, under "Default datatype," select "NT EMF 1.008."
5. Click "OK" and exit back out to your desktop.
6. Please try printing again.

You may have to change the communication format called the "Spool format."
Please follow the steps given below to change the spool data format:
1. Click on "Start," "Control Panel," "Printers and Other Hardware" and "Printers and Faxes."
2. Then, right click on the Your printer icon and left click "Properties."
3. Either on the "Advanced" tab or the "General" tab for some models, there is a "Print Processor" button, left click it.
4. This is the spool format setting. Under "Print processor" it should be set to "Your Printer Brand*** series print processor." Next, under "Default datatype," select "NT EMF 1.008."
5. Click "OK" and exit back out to your desktop.
6. Please try printing again.

Change the Printer's Spool Settings.

Go to START - SETTINGS - PRINTERS.

Right Click on the PRINTER and choose PROPERTIES.

Under Printer Properties, select the DETAILS tab and click on the SPOOL SETTINGS button.

Change "SPOOL DATA FORMAT" from EMF to RAW (it may already be on this setting.)

Click on PRINT DIRECTLY TO PRINTER. Then click on OK.

Now Select the GRAPHICS or COLOR tab. If there is an option for RASTER mode, select this mode. Then lower the DPI setting and click on OK.

Also, make sure that the Print Mode is set to NORMAL and not Best.

Close the Printer Properties window by clicking on OK.

3. Now set the printer as a default Printer. Right click on the PRINTER icon in the Printers Window and select "SET AS DEFAULT" to place a check mark by this option.

Please try printing and let me know if that fixes it.

it looks like it was hanging, reset the unit again and cancel all spooled file that you wish to print, even all the queued file, the file was somehow corrupted along its way

In this case you can bypass the spooler by the following steps:

1. Right click the printer icon & left click the printer properties

2. Click the Advenced tab in the printer properties.

3. Select the option PRINT DIRECTLY TO THE PRINTER & UNCHECK THE OPTION SPOOL THE DOCUMENT.

4. Click apply and ok.

5. Try printing.

Hi there just check that within the properties of the print drive located in printers and faxes right hand click on the printer select the Advance tab at the top then make sure that the spool is either set to start printing after last or after first. Click on the print processor button at the bottom and change the graphic output to one of the other option then close and try the machine.. Once you have selected all of the options and you still have mo joy try a different data cable or connect via another port.


Hope this helps you
Thanks J