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Monday, July 03, 2006
Should You Use the Print Spooler, and If So, When?
Here's another way to improve your printing speed:

Windows defaults to spooling print jobs. The Print Spooler is a background program that writes data to temporary files in your C:\Windows\Temp directory. Although this lets you perform other tasks while you print, it does slow printing. On most printers, you can turn off the spooler by going to Start > Settings > Printers. Right-click on the icon of the printer you're using. Click Properties and select the Details tab. Click on the Spool Settings button at the bottom of the dialog box. Select the Print Directly to Printer option. This will tie up your application until the printer has all the data, but your print job should finish more quickly. Printing directly to the printer will also come in handy if your print spooler crashes and you need to print before you reboot your PC.

Print Documents Faster the Second Time Around! (Win 2000/XP only)

Windows 98 and ME deletes your print jobs from the printer spool as soon as they print. So the following won't work for those systems. A little-known and handy setting found only in Windows 2000 and XP allows you to keep your print documents for later and print them faster. For Win 2000, turn on the option in your printer's Properties dialog box. Go to Start > Settings > Printers. In XP, open Control Panel, click on Printers and Other Hardware, and select View Installed Printers. Right-click your printer and select Properties. Click the Advanced tab, check Keep Printed Documents and click OK. To create a shortcut to the printer spool: In the Printers or Printers and Faxes window, either right-click the printer icon and send the shortcut to your desktop or drag & drop the icon to your desktop or your Start menu. To reprint a document, just launch the printer shortcut, right-click the document file and select Restart.

source: http://www.maxpatchink.com
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Paper Orientation -- aka How To Print Sideways or "Legally"

Many printers will allow you to change the paper size or layout for printing.

If you wish to change it for all printing jobs, do the following:

  1. Click Start > Settings > Printers.
  2. Right-click the icon for the printer you are using, and then click Properties.
  3. Click the Paper tab and make your desired changes. You can change this setting again.

To change these settings for just one document, click the File menu in the program you are using, then click Page Setup or Print Setup and make your desired changes. This will affect only the current print job.

source: http://www.maxpatchink.com

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