Path Used for Spool Files for a Shared Printer

 Last reviewed: November 21, 1994
Article ID: Q90277
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows for Workgroups versions 3.1, 3.11

SUMMARY

When you share a printer with Windows for Workgroups, there is a hidden resource associated with the shared printer; this resource is the directory where temporary spool files are stored when clients print to the printer. Windows for Workgroups uses the directory indicated by the TEMP environment variable.

MORE INFORMATION

If you select the Reshare At Startup check box, making a print share persistent, the current value of the TEMP environment variable is recorded along with the share information in the SHARES.PWL file. If you subsequently change the value of TEMP, the share still uses the old path. To start using a new path, you must stop and restart the printer share.

Because you cannot share redirected devices, you get an error message if you attempt to share a printer when its port has been redirected to a network device. If you set your TEMP variable to a network drive, you get the same error message. In this case, change the TEMP variable to refer to a local drive.

KBCategory: kbprint kbnetwork
KBSubcategory: wfw wfwg
Additional reference words: 3.10 3.11

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Last reviewed: November 21, 1994
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