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 provide printer status information. See Checking Printer Status for details on the Despooler.
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.
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