Although NDPS has eliminated the need to send print jobs through queues, jobs submitted to NDPS printers will often need to be stored somewhere when the printer is already processing other jobs or when the job is on hold or retain status. Job spooling allows you to specify where you want jobs to be stored while they await processing.
By default, the spooling area for a printer is located on the same volume as the database for the NDPS Manager supporting that printer. However, the Spooling Configuration option allows you to spool jobs to a different location through the following procedure.
Job spooling as used by NDPS offers greater simplicity and management convenience than queue-based printing. In NDPS, spooling requires only that a directory be designated where jobs can be stored while awaiting processing.
You can modify job spooling at any time, even when a job is already being processed.
The following procedure explains how to optimize job spooling.
In iManage, click iPrint Management > Manage Printer.
Browse to and select the printer you want to enable Access Control for.
Click Configuration > Spooling.
Modify the spooling information.
Spooling Location: Specify the path where print job data will be stored while waiting to be printed. By default, the spooling area for a printer will be located in the same volume as the database for the NDPS Manager supporting that printer.
Available Disk Space: The amount of disk space available on the volume.
Limit Disk Space: To limit the amount of disk space to be used for spooling, check the check box and sent the limits you want.
Spooling Space: The total amount of disk space in kilobytes (KB) you want to set aside for print job spooling.
Retained Job Space: The amount of disk space in kilobytes (KB) you want to set aside for holding retained print jobs. This amount should be sufficiently less than the total spooling space to ensure that new print jobs can be processed efficiently.
There are four common job scheduling algorithms available: First In, First Out, Print Shortest Job First, Minimize Media Changes, Backward Compatibility.
Click OK.