Windows stores print jobs in a temporary file managed by the Print Spooler service. The Print Spooler temporarily holds the print job data on the hard disk drive in a spool file before sending it to the printer. This spool file serves as the temporary storage location for print jobs until the printer is ready to process them.
In summary:
- The temporary file itself is commonly referred to as a "spool file."
- The Windows service managing this process is called the Print Spooler.
- Print jobs are stored in spool files in the spool folder, typically in formats like EMF or RAW data.
Thus, the temporary file Windows uses to store print jobs is called a spool file , and it is handled by the Print Spooler service.
