Printing Technology Terms

Front

Software that allows the printer to communicate with the print device.

Back

Print driver

Front

Connection point for the print device to connect to a print server.

Back

Printer port

Front

Location on the hard disk that holds print jobs waiting to be processed.

Back

Print queue

Front

Software process that sends print jobs to the print device.

Back

Print server

Front

Software process that captures print jobs from applications.

Back

Print spooler