Printer Spooler Service Not Running

Print Spooler problems are related to the software that actually stores print jobs on the hard disk of your computer. The print spooler basically keeps a queue of all your upcoming printing so that your computer can pull them up when necessary. If it's taking your computer a really long time to print a job, an error message comes up regarding a Print Spooler or you get the error ”Printer Spooler Service is not running” when you try to add a new printer or open the printer, then something is wrong with your Print Spooler. Simple fix to this is to restart the Print Spooler service and make sure it's Startup Type is set to Automatic. If Startup type is Automatic spooler will start every time when Windows is started.

First click Start button, then click on Run and type services. msc. Find Printer Spooler service under the Name column. To fix the issue you'll need to ensure that service is started and Startup Type is set to Automatic.

Right click on Printer Spooler and select Properties. Choose Automatic from dropdown menu for Startup type. Check Service status, if service is stopped click on Start and than OK button, but if service is started first stop it with Stop button than click on Start and OK.