Print spooler won't start in 8.1

I recently updated my Toshiba Satellite c55 to Windows 8.1 and now every time I try to it says Print spooler is out of service. when I go to services and try to start my print spooler manually it says the same thing. Ever since I updated I can't print anything
and I can't figure out how t fix this problem. if it helps any I have a Brother MFC-J435w printer. anyone know how to fix this?

Hi Shanny Oliver,
Please check the event viewer to see what's message in Printer Service. Source name is: Microsoft-Windows-PrintService.
Currently, you can run the printer troubleshoot for see if we can locate and fix this problem:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/printer-problems-in-windows-help#fix-printer-problems=windows-8&v1h=win8tab3&v2h=win7tab1&v3h=winvistatab1&v4h=winxptab1
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Dear Customer,
Welcome and Thank you for posting your query on HP Support Forum
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