Guest Stef Posted March 18, 2008 Posted March 18, 2008 Hi We have a network with 2 dc - 1 exchange servers. 1 off the dc is print server. (win 2k3 - sp2). Iff a print job is sent to the printer before the printer is onine the print spooler freezes. All jobs still appaer in the job window but they will not start until the spooler is restarted ? Anyone any idea ? Regards Stef
Guest Thee Chicago Wolf Posted March 18, 2008 Posted March 18, 2008 Re: Print spooler freezes >We have a network with 2 dc - 1 exchange servers. >1 off the dc is print server. (win 2k3 - sp2). > >Iff a print job is sent to the printer before the printer is onine the print >spooler freezes. All jobs still appaer in the job window but they will not >start until the spooler is restarted ? > >Anyone any idea ? > >Regards > >Stef Have you applied some of the post-SP2 fixes for print related issues? You may want to apply the following hotfixes: 1) http://support.microsoft.com/KB/946198 This was fixed pre-SP2 (KB923218) but in SP2 they did not implement the fix. Would be a 1st thing to try in your case since it probably SNMP related and contingent on the printer being online. Helped us immensely. 2) http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934885 SP2 caused a lot of grief for us with stuck jobs and other "error" gremlins. This helped immensely as well. 3) http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944203 If you've installed .NET 3.0 framework, you should have this installed as well. It is optional otherwise. 4) http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947477 Be aware of this random craziness with HP printers. 5) Check to see what the print processor is set to. Using the HPZxxx causes us lots of problems. Setting it to WinPrint always help a lot. - Thee Chicago Wolf
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