The print spooler chokes on both of my Windows 10 machines when trying to deal with certain pdf files. For instance when I tried to print via my browser (Chrome), it printed the first 6 pages, but the printer showed an error when it came to the seventh page.

An XPS file represents a document with a fixed layout, just as a PDF file does. XPS also includes support for other features that you’d find in PDF, like digital signatures and DRM. RELATED: How to Print to PDF in Windows: 4 Tips and Tricks. XPS is now technically a standardized, open format – it stands for Open XML Paper Specification. Jul 14, 2014  Just today I can open the word document but stalled and could not edit as there is a rolling icon (processing) appeared. I did remove the word program by using my MacKeeper software remove installed program. Then I insert the Microsoft Office 2011 original CD to reinstall the microsoft.

When I then tried to create another job just to print the seventh page, it just hung around in the print spool and nothing happened at the printer. I tried this several times on two machines. External drive mac osx 10.6.8 10.9 2017 version. It was also impossible either to cancel the job in the print queue manager or to stop the spooler in the services manager in order to manually clear the print queue, which meant that the only way I could clear the queue was to restart the machine.

I got the same behaviour whether I was printing to my physical printer or to the MS pdf printer. I also got the same behaviour when I tried to print from a different browser (Edge). This is not the first time I have had a problem with an unprintable file like this in Windows 10. Is there a solution?