Print Spooler is the scheduler for a print job. All of the deletion, queuing and restarting of a print job is done with the help of the print spooler. Messages from the computer to the printer or the print server are carried out by the print spooler. Certain problems have been seen to affect the print spooling in a computer. Like the problem of memory or disk space, where the unavailability leads to the stoppage of the print spooler. The sure fire way to solve this problem permanently is by increasing the memory and the hard disk space. An alternative way is to reduce the number of applications that run simultaneously, thereby freeing up some memory and valuable virtual memory.

Print spooler problems might arise from incompatibility to the operating system. One should clarify with the vendor if the printer is compatible with different versions of windows. Recently some printers have been found to give problems with windows vista. And with it the driver CDs should also be supported by the operating system.

A very irritating problem is when a printer can not be added to the computer. This usually occurs due to some third party drivers associated with the printer, which prevents the computer from adding new printers. Some printer services installed before the actual printer is installed may lead to such kind of problems.

A small check and modification of the registry will help solve this problem. Start the computer in safe mode by going to the Windows Advanced Option by pressing the F8 key while the computer starts an then selecting the safe mode option from there. The Microsoft Windows Explorer should then be started and the files in the following folders should be deleted.

C:\Windows\System32\Spool Printers and C:\Windows\System 32
\Spool\Drivers\w32×86.

Then start the registry editor by typing regedit in the Run dialog box. Find HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\
Environments\Windows NT x86.
Check whether there are only two subkeys, Drivers and Print Processors. If anything else is present then click Export on the file menu; type the name that you would like to use in the File Name Box and then click Save.

It should be noted that the print spooling, if not functioning properly, then any addition or removal of printers can not be carried out. The option will not be visible in the control panel. Clanspl.exe is a utility that is found in the Windows Resource Kit tools easily available over the internet. This helps in completing the print spooler jobs and thereby facilitating in the addition or removal of printers to or from the computer.
This program can be used remotely to remove print spooler items on another computer of the network. Lexmark printer services are sometimes installed on the computer which may hinder the addition of a new printer. This can be solved by turning off the LexBce Server Service. For this click Manage after right clicking My Computer. Then follow Services and Applications > Services > LexBce Server(right click) > Properties> General > Startup type > Disabled > Service Status > Stop > OK. Then start the print spooler service if it is stopped.

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