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your print jobs. Backgrounder processes all print jobs in the

order in which they were sent to the printer.

C. THE BACKGROUNDER STATUS WINDOW

The Backgrounder status window gives you detailed

information about the status of the print job currently

processing and about each print job waiting in the queue. The

status of the job currently processing displays at the top of the

status window. The message indicates how much of the job has

been processed and displays any other relevant information.

This line is blank if, for example, you manually start

Backgrounder and no job is currently being processed.
The list of queued jobs displays below the current job in the

order in which they were sent to the printer. Some applications,

however, may put each page of the document into a separate

spool file, creating a different job in the queue for each page.

Print jobs are always added to the bottom of the queue. When

the job currently processing is complete, the spool file for that

job is deleted from the hard disk, and the top-most job in the

queue is then processed.
Jobs that are “on hold” are displayed at the bottom of the job

list in italic font. A job goes on hold when it has been canceled

or when an error is detected during processing. An overall

status message about the Backgrounder displays in the lower

left corner of the window. The normal message is “Available,”

indicating that the Backgrounder can process jobs immediately

or add them to the queue.

Status of currently processing print job

Print job in which a print error has occurred

List of

queued

print

jobs

“On hold”

print job

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