Is the printer buffer in the printer or in the computer?
Printer buffering, or printer queuing.
A buffer helps to hold data to be printer first when the printer is busy. It also has a limit to how much data it can hold. Thus with a bigger buffer space, the buffer can hold more files or bigger size. This also means that more data can be stored in the buffer at one go without having to make too many changes to it (eg. deleting the tasks).
A user requesting a file to be printed will send the file to a "print spooler," which is a type of buffer that holds print jobs until they are ready to be processed by the printer. From there, the printer will often have a "print buffer" that is fed from the print spooler; as that buffer fills, the printer will begin the process of printing the requested document.
Spooling
Print Buffer
empty buffer
Spooling is putting jobs in a buffer area, whether in memory or on disk, where they can be accessed when a device is ready. For example, print jobs are spooled to a buffer to be printed when the printer is ready.
The minimum printer specifications for Auto CAD are a buffer RAM of 256MB and a print resolution of up to 2400 x 1200 dpi.
In computing, a buffer is a region of memory used to temporarily hold data while it is being moved from one place to another. Typically, the data is stored in a buffer as it is retrieved from an input device (such as a keyboard) or just before it is sent to an output device (such as a printer). However, a buffer may be used when moving data between processes within a computer. This is comparable to buffers in telecommunication. Buffers can be implemented in either hardware or software, but the vast majority of buffers are implemented in software. Buffers are typically used when there is a difference between the rate at which data is received and the rate at which it can be processed, or in the case that these rates are variable, for example in a printer spooler.Source(s):http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_buffer
The buffer is in used is called as pinned buffer
A voltage buffer is a circuit that will buffer a source from an output.