Spooling document printing

[aviso66]

Just a discussion here,

What is the most efficient and effective methods of printing config in Ricoh spooling the printing?

if from ricoh web image, I am able to see there's a job spool on/off. is it turning it on better or off?

then at the printer properties there is this configuration such as:
spool print documents so program finishes printing faster,
start printing immediately
Print directly to the printer

[slimslob]

Re: Spooling document printing

Just a discussion here,

What is the most efficient and effective methods of printing config in Ricoh spooling the printing?

if from ricoh web image, I am able to see there's a job spool on/off. is it turning it on better or off?

then at the printer properties there is this configuration such as:
spool print documents so program finishes printing faster,
start printing immediately
Print directly to the printer

I might be wrong but here goes:

Let's start with the printer properties first:

1. [*=1]Spool print documents so program finishes printing faster has to do with computer's print spool. Once the entire document has been loaded to the spool, the program that sent it is free now to do something else. The print spool then takes care of sending to the printer.
   [*=1]Start printing immediately means that as soon as the print spool has received data it starts sending it on to the printer. First page is delivered faster.
   [*=1]Print directly to the printer, the computer's print spool is not used.
   [*=1]Mostly a hold over from the days of impact printers that printed characters per minute and not pages per minute.

The Job Spool in WIM has to do with whether the job is sent directly to the engine to be printed or is buffered to the HDD. You can think of it as a built in print server. The printer does not have to qwait for one job to complete before it can receive the next.

[bsm2]

Re: Spooling document printing

Spool and print is usually the method used

Using port 9100 raw
TCP/ip using the IP address of the printer



Please ignore the non IT guys

[slimslob]

Re: Spooling document printing

Spool and print is usually the method used

Using port 9100 raw
TCP/ip using the IP address of the printer



Please ignore the non IT guys

So your still upset by the fact a copier tech knows more about computers than you do. FYI, I have more than likely been working on desktop PCs for over 40 years and main frame computers for nearly 50 years. Starting in 1962 on the Olivetti M20. Followed by the M24 and M25. I was trained on programming in 1966-67 as a college freshman on the IBM 1620. The following the college upgraded its computer lab to an IBM 1132.

And I know a hell of a lot about Ricoh then you ever will.

[bsm2]

Re: Spooling document printing

So your still upset by the fact a copier tech knows more about computers than you do. FYI, I have more than likely been working on desktop PCs for over 40 years and main frame computers for nearly 50 years. Starting in 1962 on the Olivetti M20. Followed by the M24 and M25. I was trained on programming in 1966-67 as a college freshman on the IBM 1620. The following the college upgraded its computer lab to an IBM 1132.

And I know a hell of a lot about Ricoh then you ever will.

Apparently not

You still have time learn search the forum for IT training good luck

[BillyCarpenter]

Re: Spooling document printing

I'm assuming that we're talking Windows?

In Windows, there are two ways that your application can print something. It can either send data directly to an output device (by opening the appropriate port.)

(The Windows Print Spooler service uses a high dynamic TCP port range including ports 49152 through 65535. ), or it can use the Windows print spooler. Most applications use the spooler because it allows the user to queue-up a series of documents and then print them out in the background, while performing other tasks. In this regard, the Windows print spooler works much like spoolers common to other operating systems (for example, the lp program on UNIX machines).


1. The program sends text, data, and printer-control sequences to the spooler.
2. The spooler saves the data on disk. As resources become available, the spooler sends the information on to the port driver that manages the system's printer.
3. The port driver delivers the data stream to the printer, which produces the document.


It can get rather complicated if you want to learn the in's and outs.




If you're interested, read this.





Windows Print Spooler (-Q and -P)


PS - slim's overview is correct.

[BillyCarpenter]

Re: Spooling document printing

This may also be useful. You should always make sure that the higher port range is open or else you may get slow printing.


A printer is a local resource.
If you add the printer with a network interface, create a Standard TCP/IP port, do not use WSD.
The spooler will communicate outbound to the device typically on the high port range, 49000 to 65000. The connection typically goes to port 9100 on the printer.
If you are connecting to a printer shared from another machine, then you will need to allow the high port range.

[bsm2]

Re: Spooling document printing

Please ignore the non IT guys