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jobs stuck in print queue

I have two print jobs that continue to show on the print queue, though
they are both labeled "printed'. Neither has come out of the printer.

One from yesterday, one from 3 days ago. One printed by Eudora, one 2
pages out of 4 of a pdf file, printed by Firefox**.

I'm pretty sure the wifi printer was on when I printed them, but I found
it off this morning. I turned it back on. I refreshed the print
spooler, I restarted the print spooler, I resumed all he print jobs. I
paused all the pring jobs, and I again resumed all the print jobs.

I've run out of ideas.

**This one I printed twice before and each time they disappeared.
Nothing came out of the printer and the one time I checked, the print
queue was empty, a few days ago. I had printed all 4 pages the day
before, but then I was trying to print only the first 2 pages.
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On 06/02/2026 20:50, micky wrote:

I've run out of ideas.

Have you tried deleting the print job from the spooler? Try that and let
us know what happens. It's best to start with the simplest solution first.





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In alt.comp.os.windows-11, on Fri, 6 Feb 2026 22:26:17 +0000, Print
Spooler Solution <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On 06/02/2026 20:50, micky wrote:

I've run out of ideas.

Have you tried deleting the print job from the spooler? Try that and let
us know what happens. It's best to start with the simplest solution first.

Then will I have to print it again? For one of the two things, I don't remember what I printed.
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micky wrote:

[snip]

Then will I have to print it again? For one of the two things, I don't remember what I printed.

It can't be important then ...
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Graham J
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On 2/6/2026 1:50 PM, micky wrote:

jobs stuck in print queue

I have two print jobs that continue to show on the print queue, though
they are both labeled "printed'. Neither has come out of the printer.

One from yesterday, one from 3 days ago. One printed by Eudora, one 2
pages out of 4 of a pdf file, printed by Firefox**.

I'm pretty sure the wifi printer was on when I printed them, but I found
it off this morning. I turned it back on. I refreshed the print
spooler, I restarted the print spooler, I resumed all he print jobs. I paused all the pring jobs, and I again resumed all the print jobs.

I've run out of ideas.

**This one I printed twice before and each time they disappeared.
Nothing came out of the printer and the one time I checked, the print
queue was empty, a few days ago. I had printed all 4 pages the day
before, but then I was trying to print only the first 2 pages.

The usual printer manufacturer recommended method for clearing an orphan
or problem print job from the print queue.

Services.msc
Stop Print Spooler service
Navigate to spool folder(C:\Windows\System32\spool\PRINTERS)
Delete the contents
Start Print Spooler service

Retry Print(if necessary)
- if it still doesn't print when other documents of the same file
type do print, it's likely the specific document or the program used to
tell the printer to print the document.
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In alt.comp.os.windows-11, on Sat, 7 Feb 2026 02:27:32 -0700, ...wi+o#n+ <winstonmvp@gmail.com> wrote:

On 2/6/2026 1:50 PM, micky wrote:

jobs stuck in print queue

I have two print jobs that continue to show on the print queue, though
they are both labeled "printed'. Neither has come out of the printer.

One from yesterday, one from 3 days ago. One printed by Eudora, one 2
pages out of 4 of a pdf file, printed by Firefox**.

I'm pretty sure the wifi printer was on when I printed them, but I found
it off this morning. I turned it back on. I refreshed the print
spooler, I restarted the print spooler, I resumed all he print jobs. I
paused all the pring jobs, and I again resumed all the print jobs.

I've run out of ideas.

**This one I printed twice before and each time they disappeared.
Nothing came out of the printer and the one time I checked, the print
queue was empty, a few days ago. I had printed all 4 pages the day
before, but then I was trying to print only the first 2 pages.

The usual printer manufacturer recommended method for clearing an orphan
or problem print job from the print queue.

Services.msc
Stop Print Spooler service
Navigate to spool folder(C:\Windows\System32\spool\PRINTERS)
Delete the contents
Start Print Spooler service

Okay, you and Solution have convinced me.

When there are two printjobs in the queue and the first in line is no
good, will it normally still print the second one?

Retry Print(if necessary)
- if it still doesn't print when other documents of the same file
type do print, it's likely the specific document or the program used to
tell the printer to print the document.

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In alt.comp.os.windows-11, on Sat, 7 Feb 2026 08:40:48 +0000, Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> wrote:

micky wrote:

[snip]

Then will I have to print it again? For one of the two things, I don't
remember what I printed.

It can't be important then ...

That's what my mother said when I forgot something. LOL
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On 2/7/2026 9:55 AM, micky wrote:

In alt.comp.os.windows-11, on Sat, 7 Feb 2026 02:27:32 -0700, ...w-i|#-o-#-n|#
wrote:

The usual printer manufacturer recommended method for clearing an orphan
or problem print job from the print queue.

Services.msc
Stop Print Spooler service
Navigate to spool folder(C:\Windows\System32\spool\PRINTERS)
Delete the contents
Start Print Spooler service

Okay, you and Solution have convinced me.

When there are two printjobs in the queue and the first in line is no
good, will it normally still print the second one?

Emptying the spool\Printers folder removes all items from the queue.

If the 2nd document was available for re-printing, one would look at(it)
in the print queue.
i.e. You could/should-be-able to answer your own question.
Hint: The print queue item's context or tool bar menu.
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...w-i|#-o-#-n|#
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In alt.comp.os.windows-11, on Sat, 7 Feb 2026 12:35:09 -0700, ...wi+o#n+ <winstonmvp@gmail.com> wrote:

On 2/7/2026 9:55 AM, micky wrote:

In alt.comp.os.windows-11, on Sat, 7 Feb 2026 02:27:32 -0700, ...wi+o#n+
wrote:

The usual printer manufacturer recommended method for clearing an orphan >>> or problem print job from the print queue.

Services.msc
Stop Print Spooler service
Navigate to spool folder(C:\Windows\System32\spool\PRINTERS)
Delete the contents
Start Print Spooler service

Okay, you and Solution have convinced me.

When there are two printjobs in the queue and the first in line is no
good, will it normally still print the second one?

Emptying the spool\Printers folder removes all items from the queue.

If the 2nd document was available for re-printing, one would look at(it)
in the print queue.
i.e. You could/should-be-able to answer your own question.
Hint: The print queue item's context or tool bar menu.

I can't answer my own question. At one time there were 3 dots for the
whole queue and each of the two items, but when I looked later, both
jobs were still there but the dots were only for the whole thing. And
now I've purged them all and reprinted both, successfully I guess
(except fof a seemingly coincidental unrelated. problem that the print
has turned grey eventhough there is plenty of ink.)

Brother all-in-one inkjet; windows 11.
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On 2026-02-09 01:42, micky wrote:

(except fof a seemingly coincidental unrelated. problem that the print
has turned grey eventhough there is plenty of ink.)

Ink saving mode? Or draft mode.
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Cheers,
Carlos E.R.
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In alt.comp.os.windows-11, on Mon, 9 Feb 2026 01:54:29 +0100, "Carlos E.
R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

On 2026-02-09 01:42, micky wrote:

(except fof a seemingly coincidental unrelated. problem that the print
has turned grey eventhough there is plenty of ink.)

Ink saving mode? Or draft mode.

I forgot about that. I'll check.
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In alt.comp.os.windows-11, on Mon, 09 Feb 2026 21:03:29 -0500, micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:

In alt.comp.os.windows-11, on Mon, 9 Feb 2026 01:54:29 +0100, "Carlos E.
R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

On 2026-02-09 01:42, micky wrote:

(except fof a seemingly coincidental unrelated. problem that the print
has turned grey eventhough there is plenty of ink.)

Ink saving mode? Or draft mode.

I forgot about that. I'll check.

That might be it. A brother, inkject printer, and my red is clogged, so
since I almost never want to print in color, i looked up how to change
to black and white, and it said to use Greyscale, and I know I changed
it on the old and new computers, because it printed in nice black just a
few days ago. But now it said Color. I changed it again. I'll see if
that fixes it.
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In alt.comp.os.windows-11, on Fri, 06 Feb 2026 15:50:41 -0500, micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:

jobs stuck in print queue

I did as you all said and purged my print queue and started over and
everything worked. Thank you.

That was 10 days ago. Today I printed one copy of what I thought was
only one page and the window for the spooler says Printed 2 of 1 pages.

HOw can one print 2 of 1 pages?

Since I'm posting anyhow: It also said it was Job 5. No other jobs are pending. Is this Job 5 since the start of the Windows session? That
would make sense.

I have two print jobs that continue to show on the print queue, though
they are both labeled "printed'. Neither has come out of the printer. .......

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