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Using the Print Manager
When the Microsoft Windows Printing System is turned on, your application sends your document to the
Print Manager, rather than directly to your printer. The Print Manager takes care of sending the
document to the printer by temporarily storing it on your hard disk and adding it to the queue of print
jobs waiting to be printed. As a print job finishes, the Print Manager sends the next one from the queue to
your printer.
Turning on the Print Manager
At any time, choose the Printers icon on the Control Panel to open a dialog box where you can turn the
Print Manager on or off.
For most printing, leave the Print Manager on. Once the application sends a document to the printer, the
Print Manager takes over. This frees your application and computer so you can resume work on another
task.
Printing without the Print Manager can be slightly faster because your application sends your document
straight to the printer. However, you will not be able to use your application or computer until the
document finishes printing.
Opening the Print Manager
When the Print Manager is on, you can open its window by double clicking the Print Manager icon in the
Main group window.
You can also select the Print Manager from the Microsoft Windows Printing System program group.
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