Training
Module
Manage drivers and device peripherals - Training
This module introduces device drivers. Student will learn how drivers work and the tools used to manage common peripheral devices such as printers.
Print Spooler Architecture
The Microsoft Windows 2000 and later print spooler is made up of a set of Microsoft-supplied and optional vendor-supplied components, with responsibilities that include:
Determining whether a print job should be handled locally or across a network.
Accepting a data stream created by GDI, in conjunction with a printer driver, for output on a particular type of printer.
Spooling the data to a file (if spooling is enabled).
Selecting the first available physical printer in a logical printer queue.
Converting a data stream from a spooled format (such as enhanced metafile (EMF)) to a format that can be sent to printer hardware (such as printer control language (PCL)).
Sending a data stream to printer hardware.
Maintaining a registry-based database for spooler components and printer forms.
(Windows Vista) Rendering print jobs on the client computer instead of on the print server. Client-side rendering eases the print server workload, is transparent to the print driver, and is enabled by default in Windows Vista.
For Windows 7, print drivers can run in a separate process from the spooler. This feature is called Printer Driver Isolation.