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----------------------------------------------------------Permission is granted for the below article to forward,reprint, distribute, use for ezine, newsletter, website,offer as free bonus or part of a product for sale as longas no changes a Gone are those times when the companies and the organisations didn't need a hi-tech system to handle them. Owing to the considerable increase in the business sector and thus, an enormous increase in the complexity of the organisational struc

-----------------------------------------------------------Permission is granted for the below article to forward,reprint, distribute, use for ezine, newsletter, website,offer as free bonus or part of a product for sale as longas no changes are made and the byline, copyright, and theresource box below is included.-----------------------------------------------------------Be the Master of Your PrinterBy Stephen BucaroSometimes you need a print immediately, other times youneed to continue working with your application whileprinting. You can make your printer accommodate your needsby configuring your printers "Spool Settings" and "PrintQueue".An application can transfer its data much faster than anymechanical printer can create the document on paper. Forthis reason, when you print, the data goes to a "spool"which acts as a buffer between your application and theprinter.If you need a print immediately, you can set the spool tostart printing as soon as it gets enough data to createthe first page of the document. But this forces yourapplication to wait until that first page is transferredto the spool.If you prefer to continue working with your application,you can set the spool to start printing after it hasreceived the entire document. This moves the printingoperation to the background.To configure the printers Spool Setting, select Start |Settings | Printers. In the Printers window, right-clickon the icon for the printer you want, and in the popupwindow select "Properties". In the printers Propertiesdialog box, on the "Details" tab, click on the[Spool Settings...] button.In the Spool Settings dialog box, set the radio button for"Spool print jobs so program finishes printing faster". Thenset the radio button for either "Start printing after lastpage is spooled", or "Start printing after first page isspooled".If need a print super fast, you can set the radio buttonfor "Print directly to the printer". This bypasses thespool entirely. Note: If the printer is shared, you may nothave the option to print directly to the printer. If youhave the required rights, you can temporarily disablesharing.If the printer is near your computer and you don't wantto be disturbed by printer noise, you can pause theprinter. Right-click on the printer's icon and in the popupmenu click on "Pause Printing". Then when you are ready togo to break or lunch, click on "Pause Printing" again tolet the printer work while you are away.If your operating system is Windows 2000 or XP, you canschedule exactly when the document will print. Pause theprinter before you print the document. Then double-clickon the printer's icon to open the printer's queue window.Right-click on the name of the document in the queue andselect "Properties" in the popup window. On the "General"tab, in the "Schedule" section, set the radio button for"Only from" and set a time interval during which you wantthe document to print.If you have the required rights, rather than schedule whenthe document will print, you can set a time interval duringwhich the printer is available. In the print queue windows"Printer" menu, select "Properties". In the printersProperties dialog box, on the "Advanced" tab, set the"Available" time interval for the printer.If you want quick access to these various printerconfigurations, click on the "Add Printer" icon and use the"Add Printer Wizard" to install another copy of yourprinter. On the "Add Printer Wizard" where you select "Keepexisting driver" or "Replace existing driver", set theradio button to "Keep existing driver". Then on the"Printer name:" page, give the printer a descriptive name,for example "Lunchtime LaserJet".Then when you print, you can select the desiredconfiguration from the "Print" dialog box. You can alsocreate desktop shortcuts to the various configurations.For example, if you want to print a document while you areat lunch, you can drag the document to the "LunchtimeLaserJet" shortcut at any time and the print will be readywhen you return from lunch.You don't have to accept Windows default configurations forprinting. You can have your documents printed immediatelyor at a time of your choice. Use the methods described inthis article to be the master of your printer.-----------------------------------------------------------Resource Box:Copyright(C)2002 Bucaro TecHelp. To learn how to maintainyour computer and use it more effectively to design a Website and make money on the Web visithttp://bucarotechelp.comTo subscribe to Bucaro TecHelp Newsletter Send a blankemail to bucarotechelp-subscribe@topica.com----------------------------------------------------------- Article Tags: Start Printing After, First Page, Start Printing, Printing After, Radio Button, Time Interval