Managing Print Jobs In Windows 3.1; Using The Spool Manager - Epson Photo 700 User Manual

Note:
You may not see the
Spool Manager icon if
the Program Manager
or current window is
maximized. Make the
window smaller to see
the Spool Manager icon.
Managing Print Jobs in
Windows 3.1
Your Windows printer software includes two management
utilities: the Spool Manager and Despooler.
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 the next section for details.
The Despooler also starts automatically when you send a
job to the printer. It displays on your screen to show printer
status, as described on page 1-7.

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 journal file, stores it in the C:\TEMP or
C:\WINDOWS\TEMP folder or directory, and assigns it to a
print queue. The software then sends the file to your printer at
the right time.
To open it while you're printing, click the
icon that appears at the bottom of your desktop.
You can open the Spool Manager at any time by
double-clicking the
program group.
You see the Spool Manager window:
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