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<h2 id="components">Components</h2> <p>Job Id: Uniquely identifies the print job for the given print queue. </p><p>Spool file: It is responsible for the on-disk representation of data. </p><p>Shadow File: It is responsible for the on-disk representation of the job configuration. </p><p>Status: We can describe this in three parts: </p> <ul><li>Spooling: It represents the message that the printing application is still working.</li> <li>Printing: It represents the message that spool file is being read by the print processor.</li> <li>Printed: It represents the message that the job has been fully written to the port.</li></ul> <p>Data Type: It Identifies the format of the data in the spool file like EMF, RAW. </p><p>Other configuration: Name, set of named properties, etc </p> <h2 id="route">Route</h2> <p>In larger environments, print jobs may go through a centralized <a href="/facts/Print_server/4gr2wCYq">print server</a>, before reaching the printing destination. Some <a href="/facts/Multifunction_printer/L4bh6dHB">(multifunction) printers</a> have local storage (like a <a href="/facts/Hard_disk_drive/kekLSGSE">hard disk drive</a>) to process and queue the jobs before printing. </p> <h2 id="security">Security</h2> <p>When getting rid of old printers with local storage, one should keep in mind that confidential print jobs (documents) are potentially still locally <a href="/facts/Unencrypted/tWnBDCgE">unencrypted</a> on the hard disk drive and can be <a href="/facts/Undeletion/RJHzHYdn">undeleted</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Print_(command)/XoxcBk4u">print (command)</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>'Copy Machines, a Security Risk?' on CBSnews.com (movie) <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100421032430/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/04/19/eveningnews/main6412439.shtml" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20100421032430/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/04/19/eveningnews/main6412439.shtml</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>