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Windows print job spool files characteristics
I'm not Windows trained admin.
When users sent print jobs to a Win 2003/2008 print server, files will appear in
c:\windows\...\spool (can't recall the exact directory name).
Q1:
I heard that there are 2-3 files for each print job, one of
them with extension .spl. What are the other one (or two)
other files' extension that are associated with a print job?
Q2:
Are the 2 (or 3?) files associated with each print job being
created at the same time or has the same 'modified time'?
Reason I ask is I need to ask someone to write me a VB script
When users sent print jobs to a Win 2003/2008 print server, files will appear in
c:\windows\...\spool (can't recall the exact directory name).
Q1:
I heard that there are 2-3 files for each print job, one of
them with extension .spl. What are the other one (or two)
other files' extension that are associated with a print job?
Q2:
Are the 2 (or 3?) files associated with each print job being
created at the same time or has the same 'modified time'?
Reason I ask is I need to ask someone to write me a VB script
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Is it possible to segregate it such that one printer will have
one spool directory?
one spool directory?
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Q2:
Are the 2 (or 3?) files associated with each print job being
created at the same time or has the same 'modified time'?
Are the 2 (or 3?) files associated with each print job being
created at the same time or has the same 'modified time'?
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> Q2:
> Are the 2 (or 3?) files associated with each print job being
> created at the same time or has the same 'modified time'?
No hurry, but it's crucial to me that the modified time difference of
files 123.spl & 123.shd should not differ by more than 10 seconds
(let's take 2MB as the max file size on a 100Mbps LAN)
> Are the 2 (or 3?) files associated with each print job being
> created at the same time or has the same 'modified time'?
No hurry, but it's crucial to me that the modified time difference of
files 123.spl & 123.shd should not differ by more than 10 seconds
(let's take 2MB as the max file size on a 100Mbps LAN)
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C:\Windows\System32\Spool\
One more question:
In one Win 2003/2008 print server, it could support several
printers. So does that mean all printers in a Win2003/2008
print server will spool to a common folder (ie the above folder)?