From an elevated powershell/cmd: net stop spooler cd *:\windows\system32\spool\printers (remove all files in this directory) net start spooler Stupid

From an elevated powershell/cmd: net stop spooler cd *:\windows\system32\spool\printers (remove all files in this directory) net start spooler Stupid, but this fixes like 80% of windows printer problems, most of which IME are random one-off issues with a document getting spooled and the printer not being activated