Re: Can I force local spooling with network printers?

Alan,

Thanks for your response.

I tried un-checking "advanced printing features" from the Advanced tab f setting and found that it resulted in no spool file on the local workstation. I am watching the default spooler directory (C:\Windows\system32\spool\PRINTERS) while printing and there aren't any ..SPL or .SHD files created when printing to a network printer shared from my print server. I would like to always have the .SPL and .SHD files generated on the client.

Are there any other settings on the server that I might try?

Caine

Alan Morris [MSFT] wrote:
Uncheck Enable advanced printing features

this will force GDI rendering on the client. For some printers that use a custom print processor, you may lose collation and booklet printing.

This setting will allow faster job processing through the server



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