#Requires -Version 5.1 <# JbTecWiz Support Centre -- generated fix script Fault : Printing from Office fails, prints blank, or goes to the wrong printer Fix : Clear the print queue and restart the spooler Source: https://jbtecwiz.com/support/win-office-printing Run as : PowerShell as administrator Expect : 15 minutes Risk : medium Reversible : NO -- read the undo note below before running WHEN THIS IS THE RIGHT FIX Nothing prints from any application, or a job is stuck and will not delete. Note that this discards every queued job on the machine, for every user. HOW TO UNDO IT Cleared jobs cannot be recovered and have to be printed again. Nothing else here persists. This script walks the fix one step at a time and asks before each one. Steps with no command are things you do yourself -- it prints those and waits. Run with -DryRun to print without executing. #> [CmdletBinding()] param( # Print every step and command without running anything. [switch]$DryRun, # Do not ask before each step. Read the script first if you use this. [switch]$Unattended ) $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop' $script:Failed = 0 # This fix is documented as needing an elevated session. $id = [Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent() if (-not (New-Object Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal $id).IsInRole( [Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator)) { Write-Host '' Write-Host ' This fix needs an elevated PowerShell.' -ForegroundColor Yellow Write-Host ' Close this window, right-click PowerShell, Run as administrator,' Write-Host ' and run the script again.' Write-Host '' exit 3 } function Write-Rule { param([string]$Text) Write-Host '' Write-Host ('-' * 70) -ForegroundColor DarkGray if ($Text) { Write-Host $Text -ForegroundColor Cyan } } function Show-Prose { param([string]$Text, [string]$Colour = "Gray") if (-not $Text) { return } $words = $Text -split "\s+"; $line = " " foreach ($w in $words) { if (($line.Length + $w.Length) -gt 74) { Write-Host $line -ForegroundColor $Colour; $line = " " } $line += "$w " } if ($line.Trim()) { Write-Host $line -ForegroundColor $Colour } } function Invoke-Step { param( [int]$Number, [string]$Do, [string]$Why, [scriptblock]$Command, [switch]$Manual, [string]$Shell = "powershell" ) Write-Rule " Step $Number of 5" Show-Prose $Do "White" if ($Why) { Write-Host ""; Show-Prose $Why "DarkGray" } if ($Manual) { Write-Host '' Write-Host ' -> Do this yourself, then press Enter to carry on.' -ForegroundColor Yellow if (-not $Unattended -and -not $DryRun) { [void](Read-Host) } return } Write-Host '' foreach ($l in ($Command.ToString().Trim() -split "`n")) { Write-Host (" " + $l.Trim()) -ForegroundColor Green } Write-Host '' if ($DryRun) { Write-Host " (dry run -- not executed)" -ForegroundColor DarkGray; return } if (-not $Unattended) { $a = Read-Host " Run this step? [Y]es / [S]kip / [Q]uit" if ($a -match "^[Qq]") { Write-Host " Stopped at your request."; exit 0 } if ($a -match "^[Ss]") { Write-Host " Skipped." -ForegroundColor DarkGray; return } } try { & $Command } catch { $script:Failed++ Write-Host (" Step $Number failed: " + $_.Exception.Message) -ForegroundColor Red Show-Prose "The rest of the fix may depend on this. Read the write-up before carrying on." "Red" if (-not $Unattended) { $c = Read-Host " Carry on anyway? [y/N]" if ($c -notmatch "^[Yy]") { exit 1 } } } } Write-Rule Write-Host ' Printing from Office fails, prints blank, or goes to the wrong printer' -ForegroundColor White Write-Host ' Clear the print queue and restart the spooler' -ForegroundColor Cyan Write-Host '' Write-Host ' Risk: medium NOT REVERSIBLE 15 minutes' -ForegroundColor Yellow Write-Host '' Show-Prose 'Undo: Cleared jobs cannot be recovered and have to be printed again. Nothing else here persists.' 'Yellow' Write-Rule if (-not $Unattended -and -not $DryRun) { $go = Read-Host ' Ready? [y/N]' if ($go -notmatch "^[Yy]") { Write-Host " Nothing was changed."; exit 0 } } Invoke-Step -Number 1 -Do 'Look at what is queued before clearing it, so you know what will be lost.' -Command { Get-Printer | ForEach-Object { Get-PrintJob -PrinterName $_.Name -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue } | Select-Object PrinterName, Id, DocumentName, SubmittedTime, JobStatus } Invoke-Step -Number 2 -Do 'Stop the spooler.' -Command { Stop-Service Spooler -Force } Invoke-Step -Number 3 -Do 'Empty the spool folder.' -Why 'A job that cannot be rendered sits here and blocks everything behind it, and it cannot be deleted through the print queue window because the spooler has it open. Stopping the service is what releases it.' -Command { Remove-Item "$env:SystemRoot\System32\spool\PRINTERS\*" -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue } Invoke-Step -Number 4 -Do 'Start the spooler again.' -Command { Start-Service Spooler } Invoke-Step -Number 5 -Do 'Reprint. If the same document jams the queue again, the document or its driver is the problem -- go to the driver fix below.' -Manual Write-Rule " Confirm it worked" Show-Prose 'The spooler is running, the queue is empty, and a test page prints.' 'White' Write-Host '' if (-not $DryRun) { Get-Service Spooler | Select-Object Status } Write-Rule if ($script:Failed -gt 0) { Write-Host (" Finished with " + $script:Failed + " failed step(s).") -ForegroundColor Yellow Show-Prose 'Read the full write-up at https://jbtecwiz.com/support/win-office-printing' 'Yellow' } else { Write-Host ' Finished.' -ForegroundColor Green } Write-Host '' Show-Prose 'To undo: Cleared jobs cannot be recovered and have to be printed again. Nothing else here persists.' 'DarkGray' Write-Rule