Can't cancel documents in print queue

[Guest]

This is a problem that I have experienced in the past on different systems
and with different printers. I want to cancel a document in the print queue
so I do so and it says "deleting" but it doesn't. I've tried, re-booting,
switching off the printer, every combination of things you can imagine but
it's still there, in my system tray, the printer icon with a red ?

Anyone know how to forcibly flush the printer queue?

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

Clean the Spooler:

Step 5 at:
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/CleanPrinterDrivers.htm

 

[Guest]

Using a word editing program such as Notepad or Wordpad, create the
below BAT file. You can just copy and paste. Name, Save and run it as
KillPrintJob.bat and it will clear the print queue.

@echo off
net stop "print spooler"
del /q "%SystemRoot%\system32\spool\PRINTERS\*.*"
net start "print spooler"
ping localhost -n 5 > nul