It is important to ensure, that there is free
diskcapacity on the NT4 systems drive (which
is usually
the C-drive, for example: if the C-drive is full, DHCP-server
will fail).
While you can control the disk-usage by limiting the installation
of software on the NT4-server
(or selecting an installation path to another disk-drive) and
while you can control the size of
the swap-file (Virtual memory), you have no control on the size
of the print-queues:
When installing printers on the NT4-server (either directly on
the parallel port or via the network
when using printers with build-in network interfaces) and sharing
them for all network users to be
able to print to them, NT4-server will handle Print-Queues:
Any print-job is temporary stored on the NT4-server (allowing the
user to continue to work),
and printed usually on the "first-in, first-out"
method. This process is called "spooling".
And when users print Word-documents with embedded high-resolution
graphics, such print-jobs
can use large disk-capacities, 100 MByte or even much more !
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By default, these print-files are stored on the C-drive in the Windows System directory (SYSTEM32) in SPOOL\PRINTERS. Therefore, large printer spool files can fill up the System drive of an NT4-server. |
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To change the location to store these
Printer Spool-files, open "Printers" (either in "My Computer" or the "Control Panel") and select from the menu: "File" : "Server Properties" |
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on the tab: "Advanced",
you can now define the path to a new location of Spool Folder, placing it on another disk with sufficient free disk-capacity. Note: That folder MUST ALREADY EXIST, it will NOT be created if you just enter a new path here ! According to the NT-Resource Kit, the system will continue to use the old path, if the new path for a Spool Folder is not valid. |
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You will have to reboot for this
change to take effect. |