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CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide

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administrator privileges to continue. In the column on the left, double-click

Services and Applications, and then click Services. The Services console

should appear in the center of the Computer Management window. Scroll

down and find the service named Print Spooler. Right-click on the service

and simply click Restart, if available; otherwise, select Stop, wait for it to

stop, right-click on the service again, and select Start. You should be able to

print using the print spooler again.

Another possible cause for a stalled print job is that the printer is simply

waiting for the correct paper! Laser printers in particular have settings that

tell them what size paper is in their standard paper tray or trays. If the

application sending a print job specifies a different paper size—for example,

it wants to print a standard No. 10 envelope, or perhaps a legal sheet, but the

standard paper tray holds only 8.5 × 11 letter paper—the printer usually

pauses and holds up the queue until someone switches out the tray or

manually feeds the type of paper that this print job requires. You can usually

override this pause, even without having the specified paper, by pressing the

OK or GO button on the printer.

The printer’s default paper tray and paper size options will differ greatly

depending on the printer type and model. To find these settings, go into the

printer’s Properties dialog box from the Printers/Devices and Printers applet,

and then select the Device Settings tab. This list of settings includes Form To

Tray Assignment, where you can specify which tray (in the case of a printer

with multiple paper trays) holds which size paper.

Strange Sizes

A print job that comes out an unexpected size usually points to a user mistake

in setting up the print job. All applications have a Print command and a Page

Setup interface. The Page Setup interface enables you to define a number of

print options, which vary from application to application. Figure 26-37 shows

the Page Setup options for Microsoft Word. Make sure the page is set up

properly before you blame the printer for a problem.

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