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ERROR_PRINT_JOB_RESTART_REQUIRED
This result marks a boundary between a print job and changed print-system state. A driver, processor, spooler component, or related print configuration can be updated while a job is in flight, leaving the existing job attempt unable to continue under the new state.
Windows exposes JOB_CONTROL_RESTART through SetJob, but that command is documented for a job that is currently printing. The message for this status specifically requires the failed job to be resubmitted, so application recovery should preserve the original document and settings and create a fresh submission rather than repeatedly issuing controls against the failed job object.
Resubmit with traceable context
- Record the failed job ID, queue, driver name/version, print processor, datatype, and submission time.
- Correlate the failure with driver/package servicing, spooler restart, queue reconfiguration, or other print-system updates.
- Preserve document and print-ticket/settings data needed to create a new job, then track the new job ID separately.
- Use printer change notifications or server management logs to establish the update boundary when failures are intermittent across a fleet.
SetJob restart and job controls · Printer change notifications · Print Spooler job lifecycle functions
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