1. Create a new Notepad Document.

2. Copy & Paste this into that document:

net stop spooler
del /f C:\Windows\System32\spool\printers\*.*
net start spooler

3. Goto ‘File’, ‘Save As’, then choose where you want to save the file and save it as “Clear Print Que.bat” (without quotes).

4. Close Notepad and you’re done!

Now, to use this in the future, just run the .bat file, during which it will ask you if you’re sure you want to continue, hit the ‘y’ key and press enter to finish up the operation.

Note: the man above didnt have this line right in his original post:
“del /f C:Windows\System32\spool\printers\*.*”
should have been:
“del /f C:\Windows\System32\spool\printers\*.*”
-notice the backslash, “\”, in between C: and Windows in the corrected version.

yo tengo un problema similar, desconectamos una impresora hp de la red, pero la conectamos dias despues y tiene una cola de impresion muy grande al conectarla comienza a imprimir, y no se como cancelar esos trabajos. alguien me podria ayudar? tengo privilegios de administrador pero no tengo acceso al servidor.

If you are on Vista Home Premium, go through the following steps to clear “deleted” print jobs from the print queue.

1) Go to Control Panel

2) Select System and Maintenance

3) Select Administrative Tools

4) Double-click on Services

5) In the list of services, scroll down until you find one called “Print Spooler”

6) Right-click on “Print Spooler” and select “Restart”

7) The “deleted” jobs will disappear and any queued jobs in your print queue will print

My printer did spit out two blank sheets of paper – but it DID work.

BIG thanks!