Stop+that+Printing+job


 * Stop that Printing job **

The easiest way to stop a runaway printer is to double click its icon down in the system tray to open the "Printer Queue" folder. Then just highlight the documents you don't want to be printed and tap the **Delete** key. If the Delete key not work, try right clicking the documents and select **Cancel** from the resulting menu. If you don't have a system tray printer icon, you can open the **Printers & Faxes** folder from the **Start** menu or **Control Panel** That should keep documents from sitting in the queue from printing and cancel the one that' is running. Here are some steps to try :- 1.) Go back to the system tray icon or the Printers folder. Try right clicking the document and canceling the job again. Sometimes your computer wasn't paying attention and the first try doesn’t take. 2.) Shut off the power to the printer. Using the printer's switch is the best way to go for this one. Yanking the cord from the wall surprises the printer and may make a simple problem a bigger one. 3.) Shut Windows down. Try restarting Windows, assuming everything you need is saved. This will usually kill any print job. If you get a warning about possibly losing a print job, acknowledge it and continue to shut down. When Windows comes back to life, you may find that it asks you if you want to dump the print job. **Yes**. Is the answer No matter how tempting it is, do not jerk the printer cable from the back of your computer. Although a USB printer probably won't care too much, you can blow a port if you use a parallel printer connection.
 * Do not __Yank__ the cord from the wall it surprises the printer and may make a simple problem a bigger one. **