Samsung Printer not printing

It is not a good sign if you find Samsung Printer not printing issues out of the blue. In this case, you must identify the reasons behind these issues to solve them. Thus, this content aims to give you a deep understanding of the causes and solutions of printer not printing errors.

Causes

• There are some faults in printer drivers, or they are outdated.
• Your printer is not set as a default printer for your computer system.
• You can also face this problem if there is no ink/toner in the cartridge.
• The document feeder has some issues.

Solutions

Resolve Samsung Printer not printing Issues for Windows 11 OS

• First, on the keyboard, press the ‘Windows’ key and the R at the same time to open the ‘Run’ dialog box on your computer.
• After that, type ‘services.msc’ in the Run search box and then hit the ‘Enter’ key or click the ‘OK’ button.
• You will see a services window open on the screen.
• Go to the ‘print spooler’ in the services window and double-click on it.
• Afterward, choose the ‘stop’ option and the ‘OK’ option.
• Now, you need to minimize the service tab by choosing to minimize (-) option on the tab.
• In the next step, you need to go to the ‘File Explorer’ Windows by pressing the ‘Window’ logo key and E simultaneously on the keyboard.
• And then, in the address bar, type %windir%\System32\spool\PRINTERS and press the enter key. (It will take you to the print job location.)
• You need to remove all the files you see in that specific open folder.
• Now you need to reopen the service tab that you minimized earlier.
• After that, go to the print spooler service and double-click on it.
• Then, go to the ‘start’ option and click on it to start the service again.
• Afterward, click the ‘OK’ option and close the services window. Additionally, close all the other open tabs on your system.
• Once that is done, you need to turn off your computer.
• Also, turn off the printer and remove all the cords from the socket and computer.
• After that, wait for a while and start the computer and the printer again.
• In the final step, test whether the printer is working on printing the documents or not.

For Mac OS

• Go to the application and select the Samsung printer option to open it.
• After that, you need to go to the Samsung software updater. (If you do not have a Samsung software updater, you can download it.)
• While updating the software, you need to choose the Samsung firmware update and then click on the ‘install’ button.
• Next, you have to choose the ‘Agree’ option to resume the process.
• Then maybe you have to enter the username and the password.
• Afterward, double-click on the icon of the Samsung firmware updater.
• After that, you need to choose the ‘I agree’ option and then select the ‘next’ key.
• When the update is complete, your system will reboot itself.
• Finally, you have to click on the ‘Finish’ key.