Print Job Doesn't Delete on Windows

By Alex Costa October 9, 2007October 11, 2007

Isn’t it annoying when a printing job fails to print and when trying to delete it from the queue is gets stuck and you can’t print at all! Well I get many people asking me about this. Something I have done and works every time is resetting the Print Spooler Service. This is very simple and has always worked for me.

1 – Go to START/ CONTROL PANEL/ ADMINISTRATIVE TOOLS / SERVICES

2 – Locate Print Spooler on the list
3 – right click and select RESTART

Now check the printer’s queue and it should have cleared the job that was being deleted. Note that any active or queued job will continue in the queue and start to print, only the job with status “Deleting” will be removed.

Categories: Applications, quick & easy tips

3 Replies to “Print Job Doesn’t Delete on Windows”

Brian says:

July 8, 2009 at 11:22 pm

You also can restart the Print Spooler service from a command prompt:

1. Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.

2. Type the following commands at the command prompt:
net stop spooler
net start spooler
exit

( Note: Press ENTER after each command line.)
Brenda Besner says:

October 27, 2010 at 3:56 pm

I can’t purge a document. I have a home canon i350. I’ve remove the program via control panel and re-installed. It didn’t help. I tried to do a test page and won’t print. Remains in queu and says printing, but not. I can pause it and it will show as paused. I was getting 1 green and 7 orange flashes. Now 1 green and 1 orange flash seven times the holds a second and starts over.
I tried the dos screen and 1 file copy ok. All is started but stuck. Ink is full. This happend yesterday. I can turn off and on and the ink goes to the printing side ready to print a unknown document. Please help.
Alex says:

October 27, 2010 at 4:18 pm

Try this (from canon website)

If the light on the printer flashes orange 7 times after closing the printer’s front cover, you may need to reseat the print head.

1. Open the printer’s front cover.

2. Press and hold the RESUME button until the print head moves to the center.

3. Lift the gray locking lever.

4. Remove the print head from the printer.

5. Lower the lock lever and turn the printer off.

6. Turn the printer on again.

7. Lift the gray locking lever, and slide the print head into the holder until it is securely seated.

8. Firmly lower the gray lock lever until it locks into place.

9. Close the front cover.