Windows 2000 Administration in a Nutshell

Name

print queue

Synopsis

Manage jobs in the print queue.

Procedures

To open a print queue for a given printer, do the following:

Start → Settings → Printers → double-click on the printer icon

Once the print queue window is open, you can manage documents pending for that printer.

Manage Print Jobs

Select a document in the queue, and then use the Documents menu to pause, resume, cancel, or restart a job. You might typically pause a document if there is a problem printing it (e.g., margins too small), while you pause the printer itself if a problem such as a paper jam occurs. Resuming a paused document starts printing it from where it left off, while restarting a paused document prints the entire document again from the beginning.

You can also drag jobs to change their print order, depending on your permissions and whose jobs are in the queue.

Documents → Properties lets you specify a print priority and printing schedule for the selected job. This overrides the settings on the Advanced tab of the printer’s property sheet, which specifies the default priority and schedule for all jobs printed using that printer. You can also specify a logon name to indicate which user is to be notified when the job is done (the logon name of the user who submitted the job is entered by default). Make sure as well that notifications are enabled on the print server (see print server in this chapter).

Notes

• The Printer menu is similar to what you get when you right-click on the printer icon within the Printers ...