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It says you answer computer questions so I'm hoping you'll be able to help me...
My printer isn't working; it keeps telling me that my printer spooler (whatever that is) is turned off. How do I turn it on?
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Hi there,
The print spooler is the little program that sucks in what you are printing an feeds it to the printer as fast as it can take it, without making your whole computer wait until the print job is done.
Something may have crashed the print spooler. If so, this is usually fixed when you re-start your computer.
If not, it is more serious.
The print spooler, if you are using Windows, sits down by your clock in the system tray (when it is working.)
You may have turned off the spooler service by accident... but this is very unlikely.
If you did, I need to know the rest of the info at the bottom of this answer before I can help further, since the instructions for checking this are different for the various operating systems you might be using.
The print spooler can give that error by mistake even when something else is wrong.
With some printers, when they aren't plugged in right, are out of ink, have a paper jam or just about anything else.
Check all the usual things:
Make sure you cycle the power on the printer and the computer.
Check the ink.
Check the paper.
Check the cables.
Check for a little printer icon in the system tray when you try to print. If it is there, double click it, and see if there is any additional information.
Hopefully you will have this fixed by now.
If you still have problems, make sure to abide by the cardinal rules of asking for computer help: GIVE ALL THE INFO! :-)
Ask again telling:
What kind of printer you have
What kind of computer you have
What version of Windows (or whatever) you run
... so that I, and maybe others, can help you better.
I will move this question to the public pool, in hopes someone else might have additional insights.
DN.
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