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Figure 6-27
The Advanced tab for a print server
Priority —Two or more printers can be configured to send jobs to the same print device,
and each printer can have a different priority set. Print jobs sent to the highest priority
printer are printed first. For example, you could set up two printers that print to a color
laser print device. One printer is available only to managers, and the other is available to
staff. Jobs sent to the manager printer, with a priority of 10, print before jobs sent to the
staff printer, with a priority of 1.
Driver —This field specifies the print driver in use. To change the driver, click the New
Driver button.
Spooling options —Print jobs that are spooled are written as files to the print queue
before being sent to the print device. You can specify whether jobs should start printing
as soon as a page is received or whether the entire job should be written to the queue
before printing starts. The default setting is Start printing immediately. You can turn off
spooling by selecting the “Print directly to the printer” option, but this option isn't rec-
ommended, as some applications have to wait until printing is finished before they can
be resumed.
Hold mismatched documents —If a print job at the head of the queue requires a different
paper type than what's loaded in the print device, the print server normally stops all print-
ing until the problem is solved. Setting this option (which is disabled by default) holds
these print jobs and lets other jobs in the queue print. After the correct paper is loaded,
the held document can print.
Print spooled documents first —When this option is set, jobs already in the queue can start
printing even if a job with higher priority starts spooling. This setting, which is enabled by
default, minimizes printer idle time.
Keep printed documents —Normally, print job files are deleted from the print queue after
they have printed. This option, disabled by default, keeps files in the queue so that they
can be reprinted if necessary. Setting this option might be a good choice with print jobs
that are difficult to reproduce.
 
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