Using
Abbreviations
for
A
ttribute
Names
and
V
alues
P
erforming
Other
Spooler-Related
T
asks
This
section
describ es
the
follo
wing
routine
tasks:
managing
and
resp onding
to
queue
bac
klogs
enabling
and
disabling
logical
prin
ters
mo
difying
logical
prin
ter
attributes
mo
difying
the
initial
v
alue
ob
ject
attributes
mo
difying
the
prin
ter-register-threshold
attribute
About
Managing
Queue
Backlog
Queue
bac
klog
is
the
condition
where
man
y
jobs
or
extremely
large
jobs
are
w
aiting
in
the
queue,
causing
users
to
w
ait
a
longer
amoun
t
of
time
than
usual
to
receiv
e
their
prin
ted
output.
By
conguring
queue
bac
klog
attributes,
y
ou
sp ecify
amoun
ts
of
time
that
represen
t
the
upp er
b oundary
and
low
er
b oundary
for
a
bac
klogged
queue.
This
section
describ es
ho
w
y
ou
can
manage
queue
bac
klog
once
it
o ccurs;
see
\Conguring
the
Queue
Bac
klog
A
ttributes"
in
Chapter
6
for
conguration
information.
About
the
Queue
Upper
Backlog
Boundary
The
upp er
bac
klog
b oundary
represen
ts
when
y
ou
consider
the
queue
bac
klogged.
Y
ou
usually
base
the
upp er
bac
klog
b oundary
on
the
exp ectations
of
users
regarding
ho
w
long
it
takes
their
jobs
to
prin
t
and
ho
w
long
they
are
willing
to
w
ait
for
their
jobs
during
the
busiest
times
of
the
da
y
.
Most
users
understand
that:
The
demand
on
the
prin
ter
devices,
that
is,
the
n
um
b er
of
jobs
that
need
to
b e
prin
ted,
v
aries
during
the
da
y
Other
p eople
use
the
prin
ters
and
some
jobs
can
b e
large
Large
jobs
take
longer
to
prin
t
than
small
jobs
Set
the
upp er
b oundary
so
that
it
is
somewhat
greater
than
the
amoun
t
of
time
that
users
are
willing
to
w
ait,
but
less
than
the
amoun
t
of
time
that
causes
users
to
con
tact
y
ou
b ecause
they
are
w
aiting
to
o
long
for
jobs.
F
or
example,
if
y
our
users
are
usually
willing
to
w
ait
10
min
utes
for
their
jobs,
try
setting
Managing
the
Spooler,
Logical
Printers,
and
Queues
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