Windows 10 Windows 10 Spool folder keeps filling up

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I have a user who has been having problems printing. When selecting the Print function (in programs like Excel & Adobe PDF) his computer will freeze. While looking into this issue I discovered that the C:\Windows\System32\spool\PRINTERS folder was filled with 171,000+ .FP files. I checked my folder to compare and I have 16 files in mine (I have 5 years of work on this other employee). The files on my computer are also .TMP files, not .FP files. I noticed that most of his files were created during times that our office was closed, even weekends. I deleted everything in that folder but it is

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