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Corrupt Printer

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Markctpr - 27 Dec 2006 16:48 GMT
The print driver for my HP3330 printer seems to have gotten corrupted.   It
was working fine but now I can't print to it, check the printer properties,
or remove it.   Whenever I try to do something to it, the print spooler
crashes and I get an error saying the operation can't be completed without
the spooler.   I can re-start the spooler easily enough but I still can't
print because that driver is somehow corrupted.

Any ideas for how I might be able to cleanly remove the printer and driver
from the system so I can try to re-install?

I'm using Vista RTM and the HP3330 driver that was included with Windows.  
No additional HP software was installed.

Mark
Tom Ferguson - 30 Dec 2006 05:50 GMT
Navigate to the spool directory and delete any files found there.

X:\Windows\System32\spool\PRINTERS

Navigate to the printer listing in   Start   Printers. Right mouse click
on the printer listing and select  Delete  from the context menu.

Tom
MSMVP
Windows Shell/User

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