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Using the Microsoft Windows Print Manager
The Print Manager is part of the Microsoft 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.
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