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70 Using the Printer With Your Software Chapter 4

Using the Windows Print Manager

The Print Manager is part of the Windows operating system and controls

the printing of your files.

Background printing

When the Print Manager is active, the print file that your application and

printer driver create is not sent directly to the printer. Instead, the print file

is sent to the Print Manager. The Print Manager then sends the print file to

the printer.

This means the Print Manager allows you to print in the background. Once

the Print Manager receives the print file from the application, you can

continue to use your computer for other work. The Print Manager will

send the print file to the printer when it has the time and memory available

to do so.

Because most of the time it takes to print is actually the processing time

needed for the computer to prepare the print file, background printing

does not usually give you any real advantage.

Foreground printing

If the Print Manager is not active (turned off), the print file that your

application and printer driver create is sent directly to the printer. This

means you are printing in the foreground and you cannot use your

computer for other work until you have finished printing.

The BJC-70 printer usually works best when the Print Manager is turned

off. You can turn off the Print Manager by using the Control Panel in the

Main Group window. Select the Printers icon, then click on the X that is in

the Use Print Manager check box. (This will make the X disappear.)

APPLICATION/

PRINTER

DRIVER

PRINT FILE

MANAGER ON?

YES

MANAGER

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