How do I start the print spooler on my XP?

When printing to a shared print, I have to restart print spooler in order for it to print?

• I have four computers on a home network (xp and 7). I have one printer connected to the 7 machine. I shared the printer and the other computer are connected to it, but when they try to print, it gets sent to the printer but it does not print. If I restart the print spooler on the computer that is acting as the print server it prints immediately. But I have to restart the print spooler every time it prints. I tried connecting the printer to a different win 7 machine, but I get the same problem. and the spooler service is set to start automatically

• Answer:

  Print spooler Go to Start / Run and type in "services.msc" without quotation marks, then press Enter or click OK. In the window that opens (Services) look for "Print Spooler" on the right Right-click "Print Spooler" and select "Properties". Click on the "Recovery" tab and change all 3 drop-down boxes to "Restart The Service". Make sure the 2 text boxes underneath say "1" in them. Click Ok until you are back at the Services window, close it and you're good to go. Go back into the properties of the "Print Spooler" tab and be sure to click Start to restart the Print Spooler service and it will restart the service immediately. The Print spooler depends on the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) service. Is this service disabled? Go to services.msc look for RPC. Check state: Automatic