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Printer cache/tmp files?
Name: Hoss78 Date: August 17, 2008 at 07:02:00 Pacific OS: XP SP2 CPU/Ram: 1.6/1536 Product: Custom
Comment:
Does printer use any caches or create any temp files, that i should clean? I have Canon iP1700.
Name: StuartS Date: August 17, 2008 at 10:49:32 Pacific
Reply:
Most printer create a spool file when printing. This file is usually deleted automatically when the print job is completed.
If the computer crashes during a print job this spool file is sometimes left behind but it shouldn't cause a problem. A corrupted print driver can sometimes casue problems with the spool file.
There is nothing that the user should need to delete as a matter of routine.
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