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Out of Paper Error When there is Paper
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Anonymous
My computer is giving me an error that my printer is out of paper and it is not. It has done this with three different printers.
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Anonymous
2017-03-05T00:44:33+00:00 I have the same problem and the drivers are up to date. Every time my printer has an issue, Windows 10 will not clear the error when the error has been resolved...and it will NOT print, until the error is cleared. How about a suggestion that fixes the problem???
Windows 10 has been out for quite some time now and it can't handle a simple printer problem??? Wish we were back to the NT days when Microsoft software actually worked!!!!!
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Anonymous
2017-07-04T10:14:30+00:00 Hi Paul,
Problem not solved
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Anonymous
2017-07-13T01:02:55+00:00 The way I solved it was to restart the print spooler.
- Right click on task bar and open "Task Manager"
- Click on "Services" tab
- Scroll down to "Spooler"
- Right click on "Spooler" and choose "Restart"
This will reset Window's communication with the printer and Windows will no longer think the printer is out of paper. Problem solved.
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Anonymous
2017-08-28T23:55:26+00:00 Says out of paper. paper in it