Print Queue
Applies To: Windows Server 2008 R2
This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.
A print queue is a representation of a print device (physical printer) in Microsoft Windows. Opening a print queue displays active print jobs and their status.
Aspects
The following is a list of all aspects that are part of this managed entity:
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You can publish printer information to Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) so that users can search for printers by location or other attributes. Publishing a printer creates a PrintQueue object in AD DS as a child of the print server computer account. |
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Properly configuring the print color profile enables color printers to print colors that closely match the ones that are displayed on the screen. |
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A print job is a file that contains data to be printed. |
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Print processors are user-mode dynamic link libraries (DLLs) that are responsible for converting a print job's spooled data into a format that can be sent to a print monitor. They are also responsible for handling application requests to pause, resume, and cancel print jobs. |
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The print queue status indicates the status and health of the print queue. |
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Shared printer availability relates to whether shared printers are available on the network. When a printer is shared on the network, users with sufficient permissions can connect and print to the shared printer. |