Since Microsoft 11 update, Epson printer won't print USB or Wireless

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Since Microsoft 11 update, Epson printer won't print USB or Wireless

Yheymi Betancourt 5

Since Microsoft 11 update, my two Espson printers won't print, by USB or wireless. I have one printer at home and one at work. It acknowledges both printers, but it says SPOOLING and never prints. I have removed both printers and added them back. I have done updates from printers, turn off, turn on, and all I get is spooling. I can print from my iphone, so I know the Epson can print wireless. What's wrong with the new update Microsoft 11?!

JoshuaPhelps-7402 0 Reputation points

2025-10-30T16:28:23.02+00:00

I have been seeing the same thing across many many pc's the last week or so. No suggestions/spooler resets have fixed the problem

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JoshuaPhelps-7402 0 Reputation points

2025-10-30T16:28:23.02+00:00

I have been seeing the same thing across many many pc's the last week or so. No suggestions/spooler resets have fixed the problem

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John Oliver 6,170 Independent Advisor

Hello Yheymi Betancourt, thanks for posting this in our community.

It sounds like your Epson printer is stuck on "spooling" after the Windows 11 update. This issue can often be resolved by restarting the Print Spooler service, which clears stuck jobs and resets the service.

To do this, press Windows + R, type services.msc, and press Enter. Find Print Spooler in the list, right-click it, and choose Stop. Then open File Explorer and navigate to C:\Windows\System32\spool\PRINTERS. You may need administrator rights to access this folder. Delete all files inside it. After that, go back to the Services window, right-click Print Spooler again, and choose Start.

If that doesn’t work, try reinstalling your Epson printer drivers. Sometimes Windows updates can corrupt or mismatch drivers. Go to Settings, then Apps, and find Installed Apps. Locate any Epson software and uninstall it. Then visit Epson’s official support site and download the latest driver for your printer model. Install it as Administrator and restart your PC.

I hope this helps resolve the issue on your device.

Kind regards,

John Oli

JoshuaPhelps-7402 0 Reputation points

2025-10-30T16:35:06.92+00:00

this DOESN'T work, having the same issue with dozens of pc's at the moment and even tried a different printer and pc but the issue persists..this is clearly a windows issue
P.K Vinayachandran 0 Reputation points

2025-11-08T06:54:58.11+00:00

Hi John,

As you mentioned the traditional way of print jobs deleting method in case job monitor would not delete the print jobs.

We are also facing the same issue in multiple windows 10 & 11 computer since October 2025 and still we could not identify the root cause to solve it. We are able to print the jobs from our iPhone and android phone and Windows is not successful.

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