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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.

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Print change text in spool file

I want to make a Windows service in c# that can change some content which is going to print. For that i have tried to modify the .SPL file which is generated in spool folder in system32. I have download one sample…
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Worker threads/Queues to process datasets after an upload?

I'm writing a web application with Django where users can upload files with statistical data. The data needs to be processed before it can be properly used (each dataset can take up to a few minutes of time before processing is finished). My idea…
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How can I override the default 'Print to File' port's save dialogue?

I'm trying to create a version 3 virtual printer driver, which uses the XPS filter pipeline to convert the XPS spool file into another PDL and save it to disk. I'm fine with the conversion side of things (using a pipeline filter), but when it comes…
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ResetDC() does nothing (print spooler API's for Windows)

I've written wrapper classes for Windows' print spooler APIs, which work... mostly. The only thing that does not work is applying printer settings. First I call DocumentProperties() to successfully acquire and play with printer settings. Then I try…
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Microsoft Print Spooler API - hold a print job?

Does anyone know if it is possible to hold a print job with help of Microsoft Print Spooler API? I would like to hold it before it is sent to the printer. Is this possible?
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What is the best way to make a spool in a directory with pyinotify?

im trying to move every file in a directory to another when they are created. Maybe i could stop the daemon (pyinotify instance running) cleanly, and the original files continue to be created in the orig/spool directory. I want to be processed after…
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Getting the cause of memory consumtion on the spooler

So i am in the lucky position of learning something total new today. Analysing a dump file from a spooler process in order to find an answer what might be the cause for a 2.5gb memory consumption. I got a dump file of the spooler and installed…
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VS2010 Setup Project, Disable application/service re-start/shutdown warnings

I've been googeling this issue for quite some time now without any success. Basically what i've done is to create a VS2010 Setup Project, the project has a few Custom Actions that interacts with the Spooler Service through p/invokes, adding…
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Automatically add header and footer every time something is to be printed in C# WinFormsApp

Please bear with me... My goal is to finish building a desktop application that runs in the background that puts header and footer to everything that is to be printed. It is written as a c# WinFormsApp that has an event trigger every time something…
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Adding printer on windows-docker

We are trying to dockerize some old powerbuilder batch jobs, and the existing code requires a ghostscript printer installed with the exact name (for the details see here) Microsoft's documentation on Print Spooler in containers states "apps that…
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Application is waiting on splwow64.exe

I am currently trying to debug an 3rd party app crash. When the program crashes, I can see it in the resource monitor within Windows. When I click on "Analyze Wait Chain" I see the following. "Thread ID: XXXX is waiting on a process (PID: XXXX)…
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.Net or VB6 - Intercept spooler document and release after correct password

I need to intercept the document to be printed and only release it to the printer after the user confirms his username and password. I am pausing the printer, but it is not being efficient because Windows notifies and the user can take the printer…
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What do time members mean in JOB_INFO_2?

The JOB_INFO_2 structure, which tells you a lot about a print job. I understand quite well the Submitted member, because it's a SYSTEMTIME. But what are StartTime and Untiltime, which are DWORDs? Specifically, I want a printjob to print only after a…
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Powershell Trying To Restart Print Spooler

I have a PowerShell script that obtains the actual name of the Windows Print Spooler $serviceDisplayName = "Print Spooler" $actualServiceName = (Get-Service -DisplayName "$serviceDisplayName").Name I can find out accurately whether or not the Print…
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Java application ignores configuration settings when printing a job via spooler

My Java application for Windows prints on thermal printers via spooler without any interaction with a print dialog (using the code snippet below). I don't know why, but it ignores the device configuration settings in the Printer Properties dialog…
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