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Run 'services.msc'<br />
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Stop print spooler<br />
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Goto c:\windows\system32\spool\<wbr />printers<br />
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Delete any files in there<br />
<br />
Start print spooler<br />
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Did that keep the print spooler running at least?
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Run 'services.msc'

Stop print spooler

Goto c:\windows\system32\spool\printers

Delete any files in there

Start print spooler


Did that keep the print spooler running at least?

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The user just tried this solution and it worked great!<br />
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Thank you!
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The user just tried this solution and it worked great!

Thank you!

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Thanks Christian....I tried your solution and it works.
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Thanks Christian....I tried your solution and it works.

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Hi there,<br />
<br />
We have a user that cannot print because his print spooler service keeps shutting down. &nbsp;When he tries to start the spooler and then add a printer, he gets an error that states: <br />
<br />
<b>Operation could not be completed (error 0x000006ba). &nbsp;The local print spooler service is not running. &nbsp;Please restart the spooler or restart the machine.</b><br />
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He is trying to connect to a Ricoh printer through a local print server. &nbsp;No one else in our office has this problem.<br />
<br />
Any suggestions?<br />
<br />
Thanks,<br />
- Christian
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Hi there,

We have a user that cannot print because his print spooler service keeps shutting down.  When he tries to start the spooler and then add a printer, he gets an error that states: 

Operation could not be completed (error 0x000006ba).  The local print spooler service is not running.  Please restart the spooler or restart the machine.

He is trying to connect to a Ricoh printer through a local print server.  No one else in our office has this problem.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
- Christian

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