Available on Windows

The 19th most popular operating process on Windows

The most common spooling application is print spooling. In print spooling, documents are loaded into a buffer (usually an area on a disk), and then the printer pulls them off the buffer at its own rate. Because the documents are in a buffer where they can be accessed by the printer, the user is free to perform other operations on the computer while the printing takes place in the background. Spooling also lets users place a number of print jobs in a queue instead of waiting for each one to finish before specifying the next one.
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    Website: microsoft.com
    Developer: Microsoft Corporation
    License: Bundled
    Version: 5.2.3790.3959
    Usage: 1 day, 5 hours, 46 minutes and 58 seconds
    Usage since: 13 October 2007
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