If you accidentally sent a print command to your HP printer, you can always cancel and halt the printing process. Canceling the print job will protect you from additional costs of papers and inks that would otherwise be wasted.

There are several instances when canceling the print jobs can be helpful. For example, if you gave the print command multiple times or if you want to change the printing preferences later after sending the print instruction. Also, you may require to cancel the failed print jobs to remove them from the print queue.

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With that, let’s find out ways to cancel the print jobs on your HP printer.

Using Buttons on Printer

If you have a printer with a display panel, press theCross,CancelorStopsign on the screen to cancel the job. For printers with button panels, press theCancelbutton once to cancel the print jobs.

However, this method will not cancel theprint jobs pending in a queue. Only the running print job would be canceled. If this method does not work, you can move to other methods below.

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Using Printer Icon on Taskbar

When the printing process is ongoing, you will see a printer icon on the taskbar of your computer. You can use it to open the print queue and cancel the print job.

Using Control Panel

Next, you can open the print queue from the control panel of your computer and cancel the print jobs.

Using Windows Settings

Similarly, you can also go through the Windows settings to see the print jobs and cancel them.

Using Print Spooler Service

Terminating the print spooler service is the most effective way to cancel the print jobs when you can not cancel them using any of the methods discussed above.

What actually happens is, when you give a print command to your printer, Windows creates a temporary file for executing the print. So, even if you cancel the print job, the temporary files stored in the spooler cache execute themselves and you get printouts even after canceling it.

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To prevent it from happening, you can stop the print spooler service and clear the print jobs from the spooler cache.

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