ALL PRINTER DRIVERS STOPPED WORKING?!?

All of my printer drivers have suddenly stopped working
and I have no idea why. I have tried the following to no
avail:

1. Uninstalling and reinstalling all printers.
2. Checking to be sure cables are connected and that power
is on.
3. Using system restore to go back to a time when the
printers were still working.

I should note that I am using Windows XP Home Edition.

I should also note that this problem affects both the HP
printer connected via USB port as well as the Scansoft
Paperport and Adobe Distiller print drivers.

Sounds like your print spooler has stopped.

From the command prompt, type

net start spooler

(and remember to hit enter)

Cari
www.coribright.com

"Michael Beecher" wrote in message
...
All of my printer drivers have suddenly stopped working
and I have no idea why. I have tried the following to no
avail:

1. Uninstalling and reinstalling all printers.
2. Checking to be sure cables are connected and that power
is on.
3. Using system restore to go back to a time when the
printers were still working.

I should note that I am using Windows XP Home Edition.

I should also note that this problem affects both the HP
printer connected via USB port as well as the Scansoft
Paperport and Adobe Distiller print drivers.

Cari, thanks for the reply. You're definitely on the
right track with your answer because I discovered I could
get the printer to work by selecting "Print directly to
printer" and deselecting the spooler.

However, your suggested solution to restart the spooler
didn't fix the lack of printing when the spooler option is
selected.

Any other suggestions?

-----Original Message-----
Sounds like your print spooler has stopped.

From the command prompt, type

net start spooler

(and remember to hit enter)

Cari
www.coribright.com

"Michael Beecher"
wrote in message
...
All of my printer drivers have suddenly stopped working
and I have no idea why. I have tried the following to
no
avail:

1. Uninstalling and reinstalling all printers.
2. Checking to be sure cables are connected and that
power
is on.
3. Using system restore to go back to a time when the
printers were still working.

I should note that I am using Windows XP Home Edition.

I should also note that this problem affects both the HP
printer connected via USB port as well as the Scansoft
Paperport and Adobe Distiller print drivers.




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