0x000006ba, print spooler service not running, how can i fix this?

[smbwa]

Hi, my cannon printer has suddenly stopped printing, but i can still scan to my laptop. I just keep getting the message 0x000006ba, print spooler service not running. I have tried turning the printer on/off, unplugging the printer, restarting the computer, restarting the spooler in 'services', checking %WINDIR%\system32\spool\printers and there is nothing there. When i try to print, it does not show my printer and prompts me to add a printer, but when i click that, my printer does show up. If i try to add the printer, it just keeps showing a printer that i definitely dont have, but wont recog

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