Printing problem - spooler/driver not releasing GDI obj's need to

Hi,

I've a problem on a Windows 2003 server (with the latest updates etc.):

It's our print server and every so often it stops working. Speaking to the
printer manufacturer they say it's an application on one of our 300 client
PCs (or a server) that's not releasing spooler GDI objects on the server -
when this reaches 9,999 it stops and we have to restart the print spooler +
some of our printers start printing rubbish.

So, in a nutshell, I need to log the number of spooler GDI objects over time
so I can catch it when it peaks, check the event logs and find out what was
being printed at the time.

Unfortunately performance monitor can't do this - there isn't a counter.
And, although it can be added to task manager this doesn't log anything.

Does anyone have any ideas or a script I can use?

Thanks in advance.

Iain.

Iain,
The printer driver has a fault, so you need to do all this work?
What happens if you delete the driver from the server? Does the spooler
service still stop?
Anthony,
http:www.airdesk.com


"IainH" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I've a problem on a Windows 2003 server (with the latest updates etc.):
>
> It's our print server and every so often it stops working. Speaking to the
> printer manufacturer they say it's an application on one of our 300 client
> PCs (or a server) that's not releasing spooler GDI objects on the server -
> when this reaches 9,999 it stops and we have to restart the print spooler
> +
> some of our printers start printing rubbish.
>
> So, in a nutshell, I need to log the number of spooler GDI objects over
> time
> so I can catch it when it peaks, check the event logs and find out what
> was
> being printed at the time.
>
> Unfortunately performance monitor can't do this - there isn't a counter.
> And, although it can be added to task manager this doesn't log anything.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas or a script I can use?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Iain.