Clear and Restart the Print Spooler Manually
To clear and restart the print spooler manually, you'll first need to stop the Print Spooler service. Click Start, type "services," and then click the Services app.
In the right-hand pane of the Services window, find and double-click the "Print Spooler" service to open its properties window.
In the properties window, on the "General" tab, click the "Stop" button. You'll be restarting the service a bit later, so go ahead and leave this properties window open for now.
Fire up File Explorer and browse to the following location---or just copy and paste this text into your File Explorer address bar and hit Enter:
%windir%\System32\spool\PRINTERS
You'll likely be asked to provide permission to access this folder. Go ahead and accept.
Delete the contents of the entire folder by pressing Ctrl+A and then the Delete key.
Now, return to that open properties window in the Services app and click "Start" to restart the Print Spooler service. Click "OK" to close the properties window and you can also go ahead and exit the Services app.
As soon as you restart the Print Spooler service, all the documents in your queue are immediately respooled and sent to the printer. If all goes well, they should start printing again right away.
