How can I pause a printer via command prompt

[james]

Hello,

How can I pause a printer via command prompt I have tried "net print"
but that only holds a single documnet. I want to be able to pause and
restart the printer.

Are there any third party tools or maybe a reg setting I could change
with the reg.exe command.

James

 

[Alan Morris\(MSFT\)]

use setprinter.exe. It's in the Windows Resource kit.

SetPrinter "printername" 0 pause
SetPrinter "printername" 0 resume


here's the resource kit.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...69-57ff-4ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd&DisplayLang=en

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[Brett]

Ordinarily "sc pause " and the name of the service works.
SC is in the Resource Kit. It and SCLIST are great
tools. However, "sc pause spooler" doesn't work because
apparently we can't pause the spooler service.
Services.msc shows the pause button for Print Spooler as
greyed out.

Good luck.

Brett