{"id":5935,"date":"2019-01-15T15:31:49","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T23:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coretechnologies.com\/blog\/?p=5935"},"modified":"2025-12-28T23:29:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T07:29:18","slug":"spooler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coretechnologies.com\/blog\/windows-services\/spooler\/","title":{"rendered":"Essential Windows Services: Spooler"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"no-lazy-load\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/computers-printing.webp\" title=\"Print Spooler\" alt=\"Print Spooler\" width=\"400\" height=\"280\" border=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<div id=\"blog-toc-container\">\n<p id=\"blog-toc-title\">In this article&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#what-is-spooler\">What is the Spooler service?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#stopped\">What happens if I stop the Spooler service?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#disable\">Is it safe to disable the Spooler service?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#not-working\">What should I do if the Spooler service isn\u2019t working?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#cancel\">I made a mistake. How do I cancel all printing?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#clear-queue\">Canceling didn\u2019t work. Is there another way to clear out all pending documents?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#error-1053\">The Spooler service won\u2019t start (Error 1053)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#stuck-stopping\">The Spooler service is stuck in the &#8220;Stopping&#8221; state \u2014 Help!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#keeps-stopping\">The Spooler service keeps stopping for no reason. How do I keep it running?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#questions\">Questions? Problems?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"what-is-spooler\"><\/a><\/p>\n<hr class=\"blog-section\">\n<div style=\"width:100%;margin-bottom:30px;\">\n<div style=\"margin:0px;float:right;\"><a href=\"#top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.coretechnologies.com\/images\/top.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"50\" height=\"18\" title=\"Go to the top\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"blog-caption\">What is the Spooler service?<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/desktop\/printdocs\/print-spooler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Windows Print Spooler<\/a> is a key operating system component that manages all printing on your computer. It is started when your PC boots and runs unattended, 24&#215;7 as a <a href=\"\/WindowsServices\/FAQ.html#WhatIsAWindowsService\">Windows Service<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Windows Service is named <b>Spooler<\/b> and its display name is <b>Print Spooler<\/b>. The service runs inside a process called <b>spoolsv.exe<\/b>:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"\/blog\/images\/spooler-windows-service.png\" class=\"zoomPopup\" title=\"Spooler Windows Service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-padding\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/spooler-windows-service.png\" title=\"Spooler Windows Service (click to enlarge)\" alt=\"Spooler Windows Service\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The Spooler:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3 class=\"larger\">Runs silently in the background<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<p>The Spooler does not show any windows or tray icons. It is an invisible technical component that presents an <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/desktop\/printdocs\/printing-and-print-spooler-functions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Application Programming Interface (API)<\/a> to programs looking to manage printing.<\/p>\n<li>\n<h3 class=\"larger\">Accepts files to be printed, from all applications<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<p>The Spooler is always listening for print requests. It accepts documents from any application running on your computer.<\/p>\n<p>The process of handing off a document to the Spooler is called <b>Spooling<\/b>. Once an application is done spooling a document, the Spooler is responsible for the actual printing. The application can go back to its normal tasks.<\/p>\n<p>For example, let&#8217;s say you&#8217;re printing a spreadsheet from Microsoft Excel. You will notice a brief period as Excel prepares the document and hands off the print request to the Spooler. And during that time, a helpful window will announce that Excel is printing. However Excel is really sending the spreadsheet to the Spooler (i.e. spooling):<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"\/blog\/images\/excel-printing.png\" class=\"zoomPopup\" title=\"Excel printing\/spooling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-padding\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/excel-printing.png\" title=\"Excel printing\/spooling (click to enlarge)\" alt=\"Excel printing\/spooling\" border=\"0\" width=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>After the window has disappeared (i.e. Excel is done spooling), you will be free to edit your spreadsheet while the actual printing proceeds simultaneously. You can even close Excel! None of that matters to the Spooler, which will ensure that your spreadsheet makes it to the printer &mdash; independent of Excel.<\/p>\n<li>\n<h3 class=\"larger\">Facilitates concurrent printing<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<p>Ever printed several, lengthy documents at the same time? The Spooler makes that possible &mdash; without overwhelming your printers.<\/p>\n<p>The Spooler maintains a queue of requests (a <b>print queue<\/b>) for each printer on your computer. When you print a document, the Spooler:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adds a new item (a <b>print job<\/b>) to the print queue.<\/li>\n<li>Sends the print job to the printer (when the printer is ready).<\/li>\n<li>Monitors the printer as it produces pages.<\/li>\n<li>Removes the job from the queue once the printer has produced all pages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"open-print-queue\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Windows allows you to see (and manage) each printer&#8217;s queue. To open a print queue:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p>Open the Control Panel (available from the Start menu).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Type the word <b>printers<\/b> into the search box and click the <b>View devices and printers<\/b> link on the left:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"\/blog\/images\/control-panel-find-printers.png\" class=\"zoomPopup\" title=\"Find printers in Control Panel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-padding\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/control-panel-find-printers.png\" title=\"Find printers in Control Panel (click to enlarge)\" alt=\"Find printers in Control Panel\" border=\"0\" width=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Find your printer in the list. Right click the printer and select <b>See what&#8217;s printing<\/b> from the menu:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"\/blog\/images\/see-whats-printing.png\" class=\"zoomPopup\" title=\"Select see what's printing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-padding\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/see-whats-printing.png\" title=\"Select see what's printing (click to enlarge)\" alt=\"Select see what's printing\" border=\"0\" width=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>A window showing all pending print jobs will come up. Here we see one item for Administrator &mdash; a text file printed from the Notepad application:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"\/blog\/images\/xps-document-writer-print-queue.png\" class=\"zoomPopup\" title=\"The print queue window\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-padding\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/xps-document-writer-print-queue.png\" title=\"The print queue window (click to enlarge)\" alt=\"The print queue window\" border=\"0\" width=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>From there, you can cancel all print jobs (&#8220;clear the queue&#8221;), pause a specific job or stop printing altogether.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<li>\n<h3 class=\"larger\">Will do everything in its power to ensure that documents are printed<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<p>The Spooler&#8217;s mission is to make sure that all your documents are printed &mdash; even if there is a brief outage or interruption.<\/p>\n<p>For example, if your printer temporarily disappears from the network, the Spooler will wait a reasonable time for the device to come back before declaring a failure.<\/p>\n<p>And if your request to print a single page is stuck behind a 200-page behemoth, the Spooler will ensure that your document gets its turn, eventually.<\/p>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"stopped\"><\/a><\/p>\n<hr class=\"blog-section\">\n<div style=\"width:100%;margin-bottom:30px;\">\n<div style=\"margin:0px;float:right;\"><a href=\"#top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.coretechnologies.com\/images\/top.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"50\" height=\"18\" title=\"Go to the top\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"blog-caption\">What happens if I stop the Spooler service?<\/h2>\n<p>Nothing can be printed when the Spooler service is stopped. And if you try to print without the service running, Windows will insist that no printers are installed:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"\/blog\/images\/no-printers-installed.png\" class=\"zoomPopup\" title=\"No printers when Spooler is stopped\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-padding\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/no-printers-installed.png\" title=\"No printers when Spooler is stopped (click to enlarge)\" alt=\"No printers when Spooler is stopped\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Indeed, when the service is running, printers show up as ready and waiting. Printing works fine:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"\/blog\/images\/service-running-printers-connected.png\" class=\"zoomPopup\" title=\"Spooler service running, printers connected\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-padding\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/service-running-printers-connected.png\" title=\"Spooler service running, printers connected (click to enlarge)\" alt=\"Spooler service running, printers connected\" border=\"0\" width=\"520\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>But all printers become inaccessible the instant the service is stopped:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"\/blog\/images\/service-stopped-printers-not-connected.png\" class=\"zoomPopup\" title=\"Spooler service stopped, printers not connected\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-padding\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/service-stopped-printers-not-connected.png\" title=\"Spooler service stopped, printers not connected (click to enlarge)\" alt=\"Spooler service stopped, printers not connected\" border=\"0\" width=\"520\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><a name=\"disable\"><\/a><\/p>\n<hr class=\"blog-section\">\n<div style=\"width:100%;margin-bottom:30px;\">\n<div style=\"margin:0px;float:right;\"><a href=\"#top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.coretechnologies.com\/images\/top.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"50\" height=\"18\" title=\"Go to the top\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"blog-caption\">Is it safe to disable the Spooler service?<\/h2>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t have any physical printers attached to your computer and you and never plan to do any printing, you can safely disable the Spooler service.<\/p>\n<p>However, watch out for applications that silently use the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/desktop\/printdocs\/printing-and-print-spooler-functions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">printing API<\/a>. They will also fail when the service is disabled.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"not-working\"><\/a><\/p>\n<hr class=\"blog-section\">\n<div style=\"width:100%;margin-bottom:30px;\">\n<div style=\"margin:0px;float:right;\"><a href=\"#top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.coretechnologies.com\/images\/top.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"50\" height=\"18\" title=\"Go to the top\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"blog-caption\">What should I do if the Spooler service isn&#8217;t working?<\/h2>\n<p>If the Spooler is misbehaving, you should restart it. You can do so from the <a href=\"\/blog\/windows-services\/essential-tools-windows-services-msc\/\">Services Control Panel application<\/a>, or by running a couple of <a href=\"\/blog\/windows-services\/essential-tools-for-windows-services-net-command\/\">NET commands<\/a>:<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-box\">\nNET STOP Spooler<br \/>\nNET START Spooler\n<\/div>\n<p>Be sure to run those commands from an <a href=\"http:\/\/windows.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/command-prompt-faq#1TC=windows-7\">elevated command prompt<\/a>, otherwise they will fail with permissions errors.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"cancel\"><\/a><\/p>\n<hr class=\"blog-section\">\n<div style=\"width:100%;margin-bottom:30px;\">\n<div style=\"margin:0px;float:right;\"><a href=\"#top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.coretechnologies.com\/images\/top.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"50\" height=\"18\" title=\"Go to the top\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"blog-caption\">I made a mistake. How do I cancel all printing?<\/h2>\n<p>To clear all printing, open the printer queue (<a href=\"#open-print-queue\">see above<\/a>) and select <b>Cancel All Documents<\/b> from the <b>Printer<\/b> menu:.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"\/blog\/images\/printer-cancel-all-documents.png\" class=\"zoomPopup\" title=\"Select Cancel All Documents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-padding\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/printer-cancel-all-documents.png\" title=\"Select Cancel All Documents (click to enlarge)\" alt=\"Select Cancel All Documents\" border=\"0\" width=\"520\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Give the Spooler (and your printer) a few seconds to respond to the request.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"clear-queue\"><\/a><\/p>\n<hr class=\"blog-section\">\n<div style=\"width:100%;margin-bottom:30px;\">\n<div style=\"margin:0px;float:right;\"><a href=\"#top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.coretechnologies.com\/images\/top.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"50\" height=\"18\" title=\"Go to the top\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"blog-caption\">Canceling didn&#8217;t work. Is there another way to clear out all pending documents?<\/h2>\n<p>Try running this sequence of commands to stop the Spooler, remove all files from the print queue, and restart the service. You will need to have admin rights:<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-box\">\nNET STOP Spooler<br \/>\nDEL \/Q \/F \/S C:\\Windows\\System32\\spool\\PRINTERS\\*<br \/>\nNET START Spooler\n<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"error-1053\"><\/a><\/p>\n<hr class=\"blog-section\">\n<div style=\"width:100%;margin-bottom:30px;\">\n<div style=\"margin:0px;float:right;\"><a href=\"#top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.coretechnologies.com\/images\/top.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"50\" height=\"18\" title=\"Go to the top\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"blog-caption\">The Spooler service won&#8217;t start (Error 1053)<\/h2>\n<p>As reported in <a href=\"https:\/\/answers.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/forum\/all\/print-spooler-wont-start-error-1053-after-recent\/e7b3faac-c870-4962-90a8-f66d416554d6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microsoft&#8217;s technical forum<\/a>, the problem may be with &#8220;desktop interaction&#8221; &mdash; an obscure windows service setting.<\/p>\n<p>To fix the issue:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open the Spooler service (from the <a href=\"\/blog\/windows-services\/essential-tools-windows-services-msc\/\">Services Control Panel application<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Switch to the <b>Log On<\/b> tab<\/li>\n<li>Un-check the <b>Allow service to interact with desktop<\/b> box:\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"\/blog\/images\/deactivate-service-desktop-interaction.png\" class=\"zoomPopup\" title=\"Un-check interact with desktop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-padding\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/deactivate-service-desktop-interaction.png\" title=\"Un-check interact with desktop (click to enlarge)\" alt=\"Un-check interact with desktop\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Click <b>OK<\/b> to save your change.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Afterwards, you should be able to start the service.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"stuck-stopping\"><\/a><\/p>\n<hr class=\"blog-section\">\n<div style=\"width:100%;margin-bottom:30px;\">\n<div style=\"margin:0px;float:right;\"><a href=\"#top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.coretechnologies.com\/images\/top.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"50\" height=\"18\" title=\"Go to the top\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"blog-caption\">The Spooler service is stuck in the &#8220;Stopping&#8221; state &mdash; Help!<\/h2>\n<p>In that unusual situation, find and terminate the <b>spoolsv.exe<\/b> process from the Task Manager (admin rights required):<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"\/blog\/images\/task-manager-terminate-spoolsv.png\" class=\"zoomPopup\" title=\"Task Manager: Terminate spoolsv.exe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-padding\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/task-manager-terminate-spoolsv.png\" title=\"Task Manager: Terminate spoolsv.exe (click to enlarge)\" alt=\"Task Manager: Terminate spoolsv.exe\" border=\"0\" width=\"520\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The service should transition to the stopped state.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"keeps-stopping\"><\/a><\/p>\n<hr class=\"blog-section\">\n<div style=\"width:100%;margin-bottom:30px;\">\n<div style=\"margin:0px;float:right;\"><a href=\"#top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.coretechnologies.com\/images\/top.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"50\" height=\"18\" title=\"Go to the top\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"blog-caption\">The Spooler service keeps stopping for no reason. How do I keep it running?<\/h2>\n<p>Our <a href=\"\/products\/ServiceProtector\/\">Service Protector<\/a> utility may be able to help. Please follow <a href=\"\/products\/ServiceProtector\/Services\/AutoRestartPrintSpoolerWindowsService.html\">this step-by-step tutorial showing how to protect the Spooler service<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"questions\"><\/a><\/p>\n<hr class=\"blog-section\">\n<div style=\"width:100%;margin-bottom:30px;\">\n<div style=\"margin:0px;float:right;\"><a href=\"#top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.coretechnologies.com\/images\/top.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"50\" height=\"18\" title=\"Go to the top\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"blog-caption\">Questions? Problems?<\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to know more about the Windows Print Spooler service, or you have a specific problem, please feel free to <a href=\"\/support\/\">get in touch<\/a>. 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