Stop Printer

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Some time ago, I saw a post on how to stop a printer. An icon was written to
the desktop and clicking on it would stop the printer, pause it and start
again.

Can anyone tell me what this might consist of?

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Trevor L.
Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au


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You can just stop the Printer Spooler by typing Net Stop Spooler at the
Start Run or the Command Prompt.
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Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging



"Trevor L." <tandcl@homemail.com.au> wrote in message
news:OH0pPYjcFHA.2984@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Some time ago, I saw a post on how to stop a printer. An icon was written
> to the desktop and clicking on it would stop the printer, pause it and
> start again.
>
> Can anyone tell me what this might consist of?
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Trevor L.
> Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au
>
>
> I choose Polesoft Lockspam to fight spam, and you?
> http://www.polesoft.com/refer.html
>
>

 

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Thank you.
That was mainly what I was looking for. I can put it into a .bat file and
create a shortcut to it.

However, I seem to recall that I need to clear the buffers as well and the
code I recall had some extra statements to pause for several seconds and
then restart the printer

Would this be something like:
pause 10
net start printer
?

And would this clear the printer buffers?
--
Many thanks,
Trevor L.
Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au

Cari (MS-MVP) wrote:
> You can just stop the Printer Spooler by typing Net Stop Spooler at
> the Start Run or the Command Prompt.
> --
> Cari (MS-MVP)
> Printing & Imaging
>
>
>
> "Trevor L." <tandcl@homemail.com.au> wrote in message
> news:OH0pPYjcFHA.2984@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> Some time ago, I saw a post on how to stop a printer. An icon was
>> written to the desktop and clicking on it would stop the printer,
>> pause it and start again.
>>
>> Can anyone tell me what this might consist of?
>>
>> --
>> Cheers,
>> Trevor L.
>> Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au
>>
>>
>> I choose Polesoft Lockspam to fight spam, and you?
>> http://www.polesoft.com/refer.html

 

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Try this

@echo off
net stop "print spooler"
del /q "%SystemRoot%\system32\spool\PRINTERS\*.*"
net start "print spooler"
ping localhost -n 5 > nul

I got it from a MS newsgroup a while ago.

HTH

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Mat Wilson


"Trevor L." <tandcl@homemail.com.au> wrote in message
news:%236jkmltcFHA.2180@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Thank you.
> That was mainly what I was looking for. I can put it into a .bat file and
> create a shortcut to it.
>
> However, I seem to recall that I need to clear the buffers as well and the
> code I recall had some extra statements to pause for several seconds and
> then restart the printer
>
> Would this be something like:
> pause 10
> net start printer
> ?
>
> And would this clear the printer buffers?
> --
> Many thanks,
> Trevor L.
> Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au
>
> Cari (MS-MVP) wrote:
>> You can just stop the Printer Spooler by typing Net Stop Spooler at
>> the Start Run or the Command Prompt.
>> --
>> Cari (MS-MVP)
>> Printing & Imaging
>>
>>
>>
>> "Trevor L." <tandcl@homemail.com.au> wrote in message
>> news:OH0pPYjcFHA.2984@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>> Some time ago, I saw a post on how to stop a printer. An icon was
>>> written to the desktop and clicking on it would stop the printer,
>>> pause it and start again.
>>>
>>> Can anyone tell me what this might consist of?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Cheers,
>>> Trevor L.
>>> Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au
>>>
>>>
>>> I choose Polesoft Lockspam to fight spam, and you?
>>> http://www.polesoft.com/refer.html
>
>