To spool or not to spool

There is an option to print direct to the printer or spool the output on the
driver properties for my shared Epson 1200 printer.

What setting should I select on (a) a remote PC and (b) the PC which the
printer is attached to?

This is one I can't find an answer for on Carey's site :-)

Thanks

Garry

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You should use whichever setting you prefer.

Spooling the document to your PC allows the application printing to
"complete" the print job more quickly - even though the job isn't done
printing yet the program thinks it is. So you can close it, or do something
else with it. But the print job will continue to run on your PC in the
background until done.

Printing directly to the printer ties up fewer PC resources, but instead
ties up the program you're printing from. Until the printout is physically
complete the program will remain "busy" and probably unavailable for use.

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"Garry Douglas" wrote in message
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There is an option to print direct to the printer or spool the output on
the
driver properties for my shared Epson 1200 printer.

What setting should I select on (a) a remote PC and (b) the PC which the
printer is attached to?

This is one I can't find an answer for on Carey's site :-)

Thanks

Garry

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