The print spooling service allows you to load the print jobs for later printing, ie to put them in the print queue.
It may also be the solution after the failure of installing drivers and tools for a printer with the error message is: "the treatment may not continue because the queue of printing has been stopped. Restart your system to start the service queue printing and try again "
Solution
How to start or stop the print spooler?:
Right click on My Computer (Computer on Vista) and select Manage
In the console that opens, pull down the Services menu and applications
Click on Services
Double-click on the Print Spooler key
In the "General" tab, go to Startup Type
Set the value to Automatic, Manual or Disabled
To enable or disable the print spooler service immediately, click Stop or Start
Finally click Apply (a restart of the PC is sometimes necessary to take into account changes in parameters).
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'could not start the print spooler service on local computer. error 2: the system could not find the file specified.'