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Windows cannot connect to the printer. The local print spooler service is not running. Please restart the spooler or the machine. <br />
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I do this and I get the same results. Help
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Windows cannot connect to the printer. The local print spooler service is not running. Please restart the spooler or the machine.

I do this and I get the same results. Help

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While you are doing what Run5k suggests you may also want to check for duplicate print drivers:<br />
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Go to &quot;Adminitrative tools&quot; in Control Panel and then to &quot;Print Management&quot;. &nbsp;<br />
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Check under drivers and remove all duplicate drivers. (If you are unable to remove a driver check to see that no print jobs are waiting to execute and remove them.)<br />
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Restart the spooler service under Sevices. (or use the commands from Run5k to start/stop the service)
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While you are doing what Run5k suggests you may also want to check for duplicate print drivers:

Go to "Adminitrative tools" in Control Panel and then to "Print Management".  

Check under drivers and remove all duplicate drivers. (If you are unable to remove a driver check to see that no print jobs are waiting to execute and remove them.)

Restart the spooler service under Sevices. (or use the commands from Run5k to start/stop the service)

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&nbsp;I have a windows 7 computer and I have 2 network printers installed. As of today they keep disappearing?? Sometimes I reboot and they appear then when I'm on the Internet and want to print something they are gone!??
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Hi Experts,

 I have a windows 7 computer and I have 2 network printers installed. As of today they keep disappearing?? Sometimes I reboot and they appear then when I'm on the Internet and want to print something they are gone!??

Printers keep disappearing??

A printer is a peripheral which makes a persistent human readable representation of graphics or text on paper or similar physical media. Traditional printers are being used more for special purposes, like printing photographs or artwork, and are no longer a must-have peripheral; 3D printing has become an area of intense interest, allowing the creation of physical objects. An image scanner is a device that optically scans images, printed text, handwriting, or an object, and converts it to a digital image. Hand-held scanners, where the device is moved by hand, have evolved from text scanning "wands" to 3D scanners used for industrial design, reverse engineering, test and measurement, orthotics, gaming and other applications.

Printers and Scanners

Windows 7 is an operating system from Microsoft. Features include multi-touch support, a redesigned Windows Shell with a new taskbar, referred to as the Superbar, a home networking system called HomeGroup, and performance improvements.