User's Guide for MS-DOS Clients

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Using Shared Printers
Printer Queues
Printer Queues
A shared printer is a printer available to network users on a server. Users
send their print jobs to the server, which passes them to a printer queue,
where they are held until they are ready to print. Jobs sent to a printer queue
print, one by one, usually in the order received.
Printer queues can be set up in two ways: One printer can handle jobs from
several queues, or one queue can send jobs to several similar printers.
When a single printer receives jobs from several queues, the queues can
have different priorities for printing. The printer might receive requests from
a low-priority queue that accepts jobs from all network users, as well as
from a high-priority queue that accepts jobs only from users who need files
printed quickly.
When several printers receive jobs from a single queue, the server
controlling the queue informs users which printer printed their jobs.
If the Messenger and Netpopup (or Winpopup or Minipop) services are
running on your workstation, a message appears when your print job is
printed. For information about the Messenger and Netpopup services, see
Chapter 4, “Sending and Receiving Messages.”