Canon BJC-70, User Manual

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Using the Printer With Your Software Chapter 4
Using the Windows Print Manager
The Print Manager is part of the Windows operating system and controls
the printing of your files.
Background printing
When the Print Manager is active, the print file that your application and
printer driver create is not sent directly to the printer. Instead, the print file
is sent to the Print Manager. The Print Manager then sends the print file to
the printer.
This means the Print Manager allows you to print in the background. Once
the Print Manager receives the print file from the application, you can
continue to use your computer for other work. The Print Manager will
send the print file to the printer when it has the time and memory available
to do so.
Because most of the time it takes to print is actually the processing time
needed for the computer to prepare the print file, background printing
does not usually give you any real advantage.
Foreground printing
If the Print Manager is not active (turned off), the print file that your
application and printer driver create is sent directly to the printer. This
means you are printing in the foreground and you cannot use your
computer for other work until you have finished printing.
The BJC-70 printer usually works best when the Print Manager is turned
off. You can turn off the Print Manager by using the Control Panel in the
Main Group window. Select the Printers icon, then click on the X that is in
the Use Print Manager check box. (This will make the X disappear.)
APPLICATION/
PRINTER
DRIVER
PRINT FILE
PRINT
MANAGER ON?
YES
NO
PRINT
MANAGER