windows printer spool gets stuck with file at 64kb from linux and mac

Hi I have two printers one on a file server with windows 2003, and other with windows XP. The thing is that when i try to print from my machine, my file stays in queue for ever, it says 64kb out of whatever the file i send. I have seen similar problems with some machines that run on Mac OS X. The windows machines apparently have no problems printing. They are not connect through active directory, just the network. In the past I have seen people install non microsoft windows Printer server on windows, i dont remember the name of any of the programs. I have being googling a lot and have not found anything to replace the microsoft print spooler service, maybe i am mistaken. Everyday I have to restart the print spooler service i even created a bat file for it. I am out of ideas here.

From serverfault Juan Diego

• You might want to make sure the file system on the print server is "healthy" along the lines of:

  • good chkdsk state
  • no stranded temp or spool files in their respective directories
  Juan Diego : The thing is when i send files to print from a mac or linux machine they get stranded for ever at 64kb/out of the actual size, i left them over the weekend once to see what was going on, and they got stuck. With good chkdsk state, you mean that i should check that the disk is working fine on the windows machines ??

  : Yes, a good chkdsk state is pretty reliable to bank on, but it does not mean that the working files (in this case stray temp and/or spool files) are not in a less-than-functional state.
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