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Managing Print Jobs in Windows 3.1
Your Windows printer software includes two management utilities:
the Spool Manager and Despooler.
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The Spool Manager starts automatically when you send a job to
the printer. It allows you to print in the background while you
continue to work on your computer and to hold jobs to print at a
later time. If you’re using your printer on a network, it also
handles multiple print jobs that come in at the same time. See
Using the Spool Manager for details.
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The Despooler also starts automatically when you send a job to
the printer. It displays on your screen to show printer status, as
described in
Checking Print Job Status .
Using the Spool Manager
The Spool Manager works like the Windows Print Manager.
When you send a job to your printer, your printer software
creates a temporary print job file, stores it in the C:\TEMP or
C:\WINDOWS\TEMP directory, and assigns it to a print queue.
The software then sends the file to your printer at the right time.