Turning Off a Shared PC Printer

When users send files to a shared PC printer which is not available (but is turned on) LPD Print Server processes the files for printing and places them in the spool directory. When the shared PC printer becomes available again, it prints the files in the spool directory.

When you turn off a shared PC printer, processed files are stored in the LPD Print Server spool directory. These files print when you turn on the PC printer again.

Unprocessed files are lost when you turn off the shared PC printer. Users have to resend those files to the shared PC printer.