Quick Look at Print Manager


Print Manager

Handles print requests for your printer. Whenever you print a document from a Windows application, the application passes all the printer and font information about the file to Print Manager. Print Manager handles the request in the background while you continue working.


application Control-menu


title bar

Contains the title of the application running in the window, in this case Print Manager.

Drag the title bar to move the window.


Minimize button

Click the Minimize button to shrink the Print Manager window to an icon.


Maximize button

Click the Maximize button to enlarge the Print Manager window to its maximum size.


Options menu


View menu


Help menu


menu bar

Contains the names of all the Print Manager menus.

Click a menu name to display commands.


Pause button

Interrupts printing. Your ability to interrupt a network queue depends on the specific features the network supports.

Click the Pause button to interrupt printing temporarily.


Resume button

Resumes printing.

Click the Resume button to continue printing.


Delete button

Deletes a file from the print queue. You may not be able to delete a file from a network print queue if your network software does not support this feature.

Click the Delete button to remove a file from the print queue.


message box

Shows you details about the active printer including the name of the printer, its location (local or network), its port, and its printing status.


local printer information line

Displays details about a local printer: the name of the printer, its port, and its current status.


local file information line

Displays details about the documents in a local print queue.

Select a file information line to perform some operation on it, such as pause printing, resume printing, or cancel the print job.


network printer information line

Displays details about a network printer: the name of the printer, its network location, and its current status.


network file information line

Displays details about the documents in a network print queue.

Select a file information line to perform some operation on it, such as pause printing, resume printing, or cancel the print job.


application window

The main window for an application, in this case the Print Manager window. The Print Manager application window lets you view important information about printer activity and lets you control items in the queue.


window border

The outside edge of a window.

Drag the window border to change the size of the window.