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Spooler

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Last Updated May 24, 2021 7:55 am

A program that controls spooling — putting jobs on a queue and taking them off one at a time. Most operating systems come with one or more spoolers, such as a print spooler for spooling documents. In addition, some applications include spoolers. Many word processors, for example, include their own print spooler.

A good print spooler should allow you to change the order of documents in the queue and to cancel specific print jobs.