topic Impact of "Print Spooler" on Qlik Sense and in Qlik NPrinting

Impact of "Print Spooler" on Qlik Sense and

rohitk1609 — Sat, 03 Jul 2021 06:56:33 GMT

Hi team,

My IT team has informed me that they are going to turn off "Print Spooler" print services in Windows Server where Qlik Sense and NPrinting is installed.

They need to turn off the print services on the qlik servers this coming week as it's a security hole. Once wan official MS patch is out for it, we can turn it back on.

we nee to turn off the print services on the qlik servers this coming week as it's a security hole. Once wan official MS patch is out for it, we can turn it back on

https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/383432

How much potential impact of disabling print services?

I'm not familiar with their core functions. For example, would it prevent our NPrinting servers from generating PDF reports?

Re: Impact of "Print Spooler" on Qlik Sense and

Ruggero_Piccoli — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 07:15:35 GMT

Hi,

Only QlikView entities reports are still using the Qlik NPrinting server print spooler. All other types of reports do not need the local server print spooler to be generated.

Best Regards,

Ruggero

Re: Impact of "Print Spooler" on Qlik Sense and

jason_dance — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 13:34:09 GMT

Hi @Ruggero_Piccoli

We should only need to have the print spooler running on the Nprint server that runs the engine, correct?

Can we shut it down on the web scheduler?

Thanks!

Jason

Re: Impact of "Print Spooler" on Qlik Sense and

Ruggero_Piccoli — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 14:01:53 GMT

Hi,

The print spooler is needed only if you create QlikEntity reports in PDF. All other types of reports do not need it.

Best Regards,

Ruggero

Re: Impact of "Print Spooler" on Qlik Sense and

jason_dance — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 14:44:10 GMT

Grazie mille!

Re: Impact of "Print Spooler" on Qlik Sense and

Ruggero_Piccoli — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 09:34:06 GMT

Hi,

Sorry I forgot to mention that, if you need it, the print spooler that need to remain active is the one on the computers where you installed the Qlik NPrinting Engines.

Best Regards,

Ruggero

Re: Impact of "Print Spooler" on Qlik Sense and

vkal12 — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:27:45 GMT

Hi,

our IT teams also wants to deactivate the print spooler. We are currently using Qlik NPrinting (Version February 2025) in combination with Qlik Sense. Which report types need the print spooler?

Thanks for your support,

Vanessa