stop printing

We all run into a problem sooner or later where something we printed didn’t print correctly or we want to stop it from printing. In today’s tip, I explain how to stop the printer from printing and then clean the print job from your computer.

1. Turn off your printer using its power switch
2. Immediately watch for a message by your clock that has anything to do with your printer
3. Click the little bubble message (if you see it)
4. If you don’t see the options in steps 2 & 3, then:
1. Click Start –> Control Panel
2. Double-click Printers
3. Double-click your printer
5. When the printer queue dialog box appears, click one time on the document you want to delete
6. Click Document from the menus, then Cancel (If you have multiple documents, click Printer –> Cancel all documents from the menus)
7. Once the documents disappear (should be just a few moments), you can close all open windows and turn your printer on again.

I have a few more little tips and you can see this technique in action by watching the video below (2 1/2 minutes):