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What does a printer spool do?

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Where does the spool sit on the PC?

There is no 'spool' - there IS a 'spooler' that is used by the printer. It is just a place in ram that holds the stuff to be printed until the printer has completed the task.


3 You are not able to print a test page from your Windows 2000 PC to your local HP DeskJet printer what are possible causes of the problem?

Either the network is down, the printer cable is not connected properly, the Windows print spool is stalled, or you have the wrong printer drives installed. The question above says that this is a local printer not a network printer.


A user calls to complain about a dialog box that appears on her screen every time she sends a job to the network printer How do you prevent the user from receiving these messages?

A. In the printer settings on the workstation, turn off notify B. In the printer settings on the workstation, change the spool settings to output in RAW format. C. Within the menu system on the printer, disable the default gateway. D. In the printer settings on the workstation, turn off the banner. E. In the File and Print sharing on the workstation, change the spool directory to a NTFS drive. Answer: b


What does it mean when the printer will not print and message states 'printer spool not installed?

There is a special service responsible for printing it's called "spoolsv.exe". Check your services if it's running. If you want to print anything it must be running.


What is a spool pin?

Spool pins are used on sewing machines to hold the spool of thread. Most or vertical, some that are horizontal use a spool cap to secure the spool of thread. Some machine come with spool nets to cover the spool to ensure the thread enter the machine evenly. Some machines come with an extra spool pin that fits into a small hole on the top of the machine to hold a second spool of thread.


What is a spool for in computers?

Spooling is a buffering technique used to hold data that is to be sent to a slow hardware device (e.g. printer) so that the software does not have to wait idle for the device to complete what it is doing.


How much is a spool of tread?

A spool of thread is very cheap. Spools of thread can be as cheap as a dollar or less a spool.


When was Emma Spool created?

Emma Spool was created in 1982.


What do you call a genuine spool?

A real reel is a genuine spool.


What is spool in a sentence?

That spool is just the right size for my project.


What is the difference between a spool and a mini spool?

If you are talking about a diff. A mini spool replaces the planetary gears in the diff centre. A full spool replaces the whole centre except the crown wheel.


What is a spool case?

a spoolcase is something that you use in sewing or when you sew you put the spool into a spoolcase but you must make sure the spool is filled up with thread then you can start sewing only if you have a long piece of thread in the spool!!