Print Spooler Service Stopped on Networked PCs

[Guest]

I have an HP Officejet 6310xi connected to a printer on a home network
running Windows XP 5.1.2600. It has worked fine for two weeks. Suddenly we
are only able to print from the PC the printer is connected to. When I try
to add the printer or view the printer properties on the other PC's I receive
the message that the printer spooler service is not running. When I check
the printer spooler service on the PC as well as the PC the printer is
attached to, the printer spooler is active.

I have stopped the printer spoolers and restarted them. I have rebooted the
PCs numerous times.

I reloaded spoolsv.exe on the PC the printer is attached to.

HELP!! Any suggetions will be appreciated

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

The PCs that are not connected to the printer have corrupted printer
drivers. Uninstall and reinstall the printer on those PCs.
http://www.coribright.com/windows/Article_One.htm

 

[Guest]

I can't reinstall the printer because it is not found due to the print
spooler error.

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

Use Bruce Sanderson's instructions to clean the spooler.... and then
reinstall.

http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/CleanPrinterDrivers.htm