Windows 7 Print Spooler keeps stopping

[Cruz313]

I have an HP 1020 that seems to run properly for a few months on Windows 7 then for some arbitrary reason the print spooler stops working. I tried restarting the spooler but as soon as I send a print command the spooler stops. It is set to automatic in services.

The last time this happened I had to reinstall Windows 7 and it worked fine for about 3 months, now it is happening again. This leads me to believe this is software and not hardware related.

Does anyone know of a fix? I looked on the net but could not find a fix. Don't want to reinstall now only to have to do it again next month when the final version ships.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Sergio

 

[mpilchfamily]

Reinstall the drivers or try finding an older set of drivers. If that doesn't help then contact HP about the issue.

 

[kranky]

Is there anything logged in the Event Viewer when the spooler terminates? (It may be called something else in Windows 7, I don't have that OS.)