Restarting the print spooler - Networking - Spiceworks Community

You must have administrative privileges. Otherwise, you’ll see: “System error 5 has occurred. Access is denied.”

The Print Spooler service, also known as the Spooler service, is a Windows service that manages print jobs sent to a printer. When you send a print job to a printer, the Print Spooler service receives the job and stores it in a buffer, or "spool," until the printer is ready to print it. The service then communicates with the printer to print the job.

Now you have the knowledge to clear stubborn print queues with confidence—all from a single line in Command Prompt.

The full command is: