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Printer Spooling.

by hawker505 Jul 25, 2007 3:49PM PDT

How important is printer spooling when its used in a network and/or if its used on a local Pc ?

Is spooling necessary ?

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As Just a Guess: How Important is the....
by tobeach Jul 25, 2007 4:57PM PDT

Zig-Zag Line up at Bank Teller or Airport check IN counter as opposed to everyone just piling up around the clerks' desk front??


I guess it depends whether you send to print only 1 item/job at a time for immediate printing or whether you send & save several jobs & THEN print all at once & whether you share the printer with other people/machines.

You suffer from the infamous spooling error/hang??? Just unplug & replug in the cable usually worked for me ( if refused to delete via normal channels).

Hopefully others will post their replies! Happy

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spooling with 10 or more users.
by hawker505 Jul 26, 2007 1:35AM PDT

so how is spooling done....do v have to configure anything for it to be activated. a users printer is shared by by more than 10 ppl. say 20. wat do i have to do.

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Spooling
by Darton Fury Jul 26, 2007 3:31AM PDT

Spooling is simply the process of saving a print job to the hard disk before sending it to the printer. This has 3 benefits: After spooling, the application being used is "released" and users can continue working in that application while printing continues in the background. Spooling also ensures that print jobs are saved should there be a computer, application, or printer failure. Lastly, print spooling manages the routing of print jobs from clients to the print server. Spooling can be enabled on the Advanced tab of the printer's properties.

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(NT) hey thanks darton !
by hawker505 Jul 27, 2007 3:16PM PDT
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