One of your printouts has jammed in the middle of a page. Which of these would be the best way to restart the printing from the beginning of the document without losing your place in the print queue?
A) Restart the print job from the printer queue
B) Restart the printer in Device Manager
C) Find the print job in the Task Manager and restart
D) Restart the print spooler from Windows Services
E) Use your index finger and thumb to crush the paper from the other side of the room
The answer: A) Restart the print job from the printer queue
The printer queue can be viewed by selecting the printer and displaying the pending print jobs. Right-mouse clicking the print job and selecting “Restart” will reset the job back to the beginning.
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